Saints at Devil's Gate: Landscapes along the Mormon Trail

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A beautiful art book from the Church Historian's Press, publisher of The Joseph Smith Papers.

From 1846 to 1869, some 70,000 Mormon pioneers traveled the Mormon Trail, the 1,300-mile route from Illinois and Iowa to Salt Lake City. In 2011, three award-winning Mormon painters decided to visit sites all along the historic route and capture the landscapes in oil. This full-color art book, featuring 52 landscape paintings, presents the fruit of their five-year project. Each painting is paired with journal entries or reminiscences from pioneers who made the journey. Essays by the authors and an artist interview illuminate both the art and the history of the trail.

The book gives written and visual context to the pioneers’ experience of the trail, bears witness to the land as it exists today, and links the experience of pioneers to the challenges of today.

Note: This book was published to accompany an exhibition of the same name at the Church History Museum in Salt Lake City. Therefore, distribution of the book has been limited. Copies are available at the museum gift store, at store.lds.org, and at some independent bookstores in Utah.

Language: English

Pages: 143

Format: Softback with gatefold

Publisher: Church Historian's Press

Release: November 17, 2016

ISBN: 069278585X

ISBN 13: 9780692785850

Saints at Devil's Gate: Landscapes along the Mormon Trail

John Burton

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Language: English

Pages: 143

Format: Softback with gatefold

Publisher: Church Historian's Press

Release: November 17, 2016

ISBN: 069278585X

ISBN 13: 9780692785850

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