@article{1380475, author = {Aird, Polly.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1380475}, title = {Mormon convert, Mormon defector : a Scottish immigrant in the American West, 1848-1861 /}, publisher = {Arthur H. Clark Co.,}, abstract = {"Mormon Convert, Mormon Defector" reveals the tumultuous 1850s in Utah and the West in vivid detail. Drawing on Scottish convert Peter McAuslan's own writings and other archival sources, Aird offers a rare interior portrait of a Mormon in whom religious enthusiasm warred with indignation at absolutist religious authorities and fear for the consequences of dissension. In so doing, Aird brings to life a dramatic but little-known period of American history.}, recid = {1380475}, pages = {320 pages :}, address = {Norman, Okla. :}, year = {2009}, }