Railroading Religion: Mormons, Tourists, and the Corporate Spirit of the West

by David Walker and David Walker

Book Overview

Railroads, tourism, and government bureaucracy combined to create modern religion in the American West, argues David Walker in this innovative study of Mormonism's ascendency in the railroad era. The center of his story is Corinne, Utah--an end-of-the-track, hell-on-wheels railroad town founded by anti-Mormon businessmen. In the disputes over this town's frontier survival, Walker discovers intense efforts by a variety of theological, political, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469653206
• ISBN13: 9781469653204
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"