Utah is a land whose geographical isolation would forever mark its history. To the Mormons who took refuge there in the 1840s, distance from the outside world was its greatest attraction, and there in the desert of the Great Basin, the Saints set out to build up Zion and wait for the Lord.
Today, believes author Charles S. Peterson, Utahans have proved to be followers rather than leaders on most public issues, seeking the sure precedent and the safe path--a legacy of the Saints' old quest for security and respect in a hostile world.
- ISBN10 0393056295
- ISBN13 9780393056297
- Publish Date 17 October 1977
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 24 March 2004
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Format Hardcover
- Language English