The Anomaly: Elliott West’s Continental Reckoning and its Latter-day Saints

Title

The Anomaly: Elliott West’s Continental Reckoning and its Latter-day Saints

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2024

Journal

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Pagination

97–102

Volume

62

Publisher

The Interpreter Foundation

Abstract

This review explores how Latter-day Saints are portrayed in a new landmark history of the American West. Noting the author’s generally accurate portrayal of the Saints, this review focuses on some areas that were missing in this Bancroft Prize winning book that has numerous implications for Latter-day Saint studies.

Subject Keywords

Historiography
Mormon Studies
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Bibliographic Citation

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