@article{362246, author = {Taylor, Jon E.,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/362246}, title = {A president, a church, and trails west competing histories in Independence, Missouri / [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {University of Missouri Press,}, abstract = {"Examines the efforts of Independence, Missouri, to preserve and balance competing elements of the city's history: as the hometown of President Harry S. Truman; as the site where Joseph Smith established the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; and as the historic gathering place for western emigration"--Provided by publisher.}, recid = {362246}, pages = {xvii, 274 p. :}, address = {Columbia :}, year = {2008}, }