Salt Lake The Long Trail West

The tragic and heroic trek of the Mormons across the western wilderness is vividly brought to life. Hounded out of their homes in Illinois by furious mobs enraged by the early Mormon practice of plural marriage, the Latter-day Saints fled westward. Here is the remarkable story of men and women with blazing courage and rugged endurance, facing untold trials as they cross through thousands of miles of untamed Indian territory to establish their holy city of Salt Lake. (Fiction)