TY - BOOK N2 - "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. AB - "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. T1 - Mormon convert, Mormon defector :a Scottish immigrant in the American West, 1848-1861 / DA - 2009. CY - Norman, Okla. : AU - Aird, Polly. CN - BX8695.M257 PB - Arthur H. Clark Co., PP - Norman, Okla. : PY - 2009. ID - 1380475 KW - Ex-church members KW - Mormon converts KW - Ex-church members KW - Ex-church members KW - Ex-church members. KW - Mormon converts. SN - 9780870623691 SN - 0870623699 TI - Mormon convert, Mormon defector :a Scottish immigrant in the American West, 1848-1861 / ER -