Mormon convert, Mormon defector
by Polly Aird
2009
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"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.