Book
Saints of sage & saddle: folklore among the Mormons
Peter Smith • Gloucester, Mass. • Published In 1966 • Pages:
By: Fife, Austin E., Fife, Alta (Alta Stevens).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is by a Mormon married couple who interviewed hundreds of individuals. Their approach is to present a Mormon view of their culture, society and history. Specific topics include typical life-cycle events, the early history and founding of the Mormon Church, missionary activities, polygamy, Mormon-Indian relations, supernatural beliefs and practices, the establishment of the city of Providence, early settler folk-tales, and a brief biographical sketch of J. Golden Kimball, who became one of the seven Presidents of the Seventies. The epilogue includes a number of Mormon songs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Music
- Verbal arts
- External relations
- Religious beliefs
- Ecclesiastical organization
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mormons
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Folklorist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1977
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1939-1955
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1830-1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Austin and Alta Fife
- Major sectional divisions and chapter headings, are as follows: Preface; Prologue; Part One: Mantle of the Prophets. One--The Law Giver; Two--The Golden Bible; Three--Martyrs and the Trek West; Four--The Workers in Zion; Five--The Carpenter of Deseret. Part Two: Saga of the Saints. Six--The Devil's Advocate; Seven--Sign of the Prophet Jonas; Eight--Savages and Saints; Nine--Wise and Foolish Virgins. Part Three: Faith of Fathers. Ten--On Earth and in Heaven; Eleven--The Lord Will Provide; Twelve--The Spirit World; Thirteen--Nephites of the Living God. Part Four: Saddles Among the Sage. Fourteen--A Rose of Deseret; Fifteen--Fiddling for the Wolves; Sixteen--Pish-la-kai; Seventeen--The Golden Legend. Epilogue; Bibliography; Notes; Index.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 66031847
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mormons--History
- Mormons--Folklore
- Folklore--United States