Ports to Posts : Latter-day Saint Gathering in the Nineteenth Century

Woods, Fred E.

University of Nebraska Press（2025/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 304 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781496230706
• DDC分類 289.33209034

Full Description

Ports to Posts is the result of more than a quarter century of research in Latter-day Saint migration narratives from the nineteenth century. Fred E. Woods takes the reader from early church beginnings in upstate New York to ecclesiastical gathering places in Kirtland, Ohio, and Jackson County, Missouri. The journey then incorporates international European ports to Latter-day Saint gathering locations in Nauvoo, Illinois, and later in the Salt Lake Valley during the peak of this emigrant era.

Through these stories, the reader will learn about the missionary proselyting process and how it led converts to Liverpool, the primary place of embarkation, across the Atlantic, and into harbors at New Orleans, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York. Authentic voices describe the challenges church members faced as they left their homelands and endured storms and the efforts of enemies who tried to dissuade them from their destinations. Ports to Posts captures not only the emigrants' journeys but also how Americans perceived these often unwanted pilgrims. Woods's research reveals the purpose and process by which Latter-day Saints gathered to create their American Zion and converts' solemn obligation to assemble in American gathering places.

Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Early Church Beginnings, Teachings, and Gatherings
2. By Land and Sea to Nauvoo (1840-46)
3. In and Out of Liverpool
4. Shipping the Saints
5. Crossing the Seas
6. Men in Motion on the Mississippi
7. The Knights of Castle Garden
8. LDS Emigration through Missouri by River and Rail (1838-68)
9. LDS Frontier Outfitting Posts
10. LDS Emigration and Military Posts
11. Arrival at the Final Post
Appendix: LDS Emigration Agents (Nineteenth Century)
Notes
Bibliography
Index