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9781108033169

The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California

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    9781108033169

  • ISBN10:

    1108033164

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-09-22
  • Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

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Summary

The British explorer Sir Richard F. Burton (1821-90) was a colourful and often controversial character. A talented linguist and keen ethnologist, he first gained celebrity for his adventurous 1853 trip to Mecca, conducted under the disguise of a pilgrim. He remains famous for his translation (with the British orientalist Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot) of The Kama Sutra (1883), a daring enterprise in the context of the Victorian society. First published in 1861, this book is an account of Burton's 1860 trip to Salt Lake City. It offers a geographical and ethnological study of Utah that focuses on the Mormon church. In the course of his research, Burton was able to meet the Mormon prophet Brigham Young, leader of the Latter-Day Saints and founder of Salt Lake City. Burton describes various Mormon customs, showing particular interest in polygamy, which he treats with critical distance and his characteristic sense of humour.

Table of Contents

Preface
Why I went to Great Salt Lake City
The Sioux or Dakotas
Concluding the route to the Gt. S. L. City
First week at Gt. S. L. City. Preliminaries
Second week at Gt. S. L. City. Visit to the prophet
Descriptive geography, ethnology, and statistics of UT
Third week at Gt. S. L. City. Excursions
Excursions continued
Latter-Day Saints. Of the Mormon religion
Further observations at Gt. S. L. City
Last days at Gt. S. L. City
To Ruby Valley
To Carson Valley
Conclusion
Appendices
Index
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