{"product_id":"liverpool-to-great-salt-lake-the-1851-journal-of-missionary-george-d-watt-hardback-9781496229878","title":"Liverpool to Great Salt Lake; The 1851 Journal of Missionary George D. Watt (Hardback) 9781496229878","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLiverpool to Great Salt Lake\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe 1851 Journal of Missionary George D. Watt\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaJean Purcell Carruth (Edited by), Ronald G. Watt (Edited by), Fred E. Woods (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496229878\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 May 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e260 pages, 5 photographs, 11 illustrations, 3 maps, 1 glossary, 5 appendixes, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eLiverpool to Great Salt Lake\u003c\/i\u003e is] an important contributor when considering how we can better understand the complexities and realities of the Latter-day Saint trek.\"-Samuel Mitchell, \u003ci\u003eDawning of a Brighter Day\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“LaJean Purcell Carruth and Ronald G. Watt make mid-nineteenth-century pioneers speak as if ‘out of the dust,’ bringing us into contact with their hardships, humor, and faith.”-John G. Turner, author of \u003ci\u003eBrigham Young: Pioneer Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Carruth and Watt expand greatly our understanding of the nineteenth-century Mormon experience, especially the emigrant trek to Utah, and the theology of Orson Pratt. Scholars and general readers alike will appreciate the book’s significance and substance.”-John Sillito, professor emeritus for libraries at Weber State University\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLiverpool to Great Salt Lake\u003c\/i\u003e is a delight. George D. Watt’s newly transcribed journal divides his international journey into three phases: ocean voyage, river steamer, and overland wagons, each marked by Watt’s penchant for observing both the unusual and the mundane. He notes births and deaths, Sunday observances and sometimes the lack thereof, gossip and its consequences, sermons and seasickness, broken pickle jars, pets as passengers, drowning oxen, people overboard, violent thunderstorms at sea and on the Great Plains, dead cattle, and the ‘sin’ of killing buffalo for sport. This and so much more make Watt’s journal a welcome addition to the migrant genre and an absolute pleasure to read.”-W. Paul Reeve, author of \u003ci\u003eReligion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Although nineteenth-century migrants did not benefit from Watt’s journal, modern readers can glean much from its pages now. \u003ci\u003eLiverpool to Great Salt Lake\u003c\/i\u003e has a readable style that is easily accessible to general readers and will appeal to a broad audience. It is suitable for classroom adoption and is also a valuable source for academic research and specialists in the field who study and write about the Atlantic crossing, steamboat travel, and overland migration in the mid-nineteenth century.”-Jay H. Buckley, director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGeorge Darling Watt was the first convert of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints baptized in the British Isles. He emigrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1842. He returned to the British Isles in 1846 as a missionary, accompanied by his wife and young son. He remained there until 1851, when he led a group of emigrant converts to Salt Lake City, Utah. Watt recorded his journey from Liverpool to Chimney Rock in Pitman shorthand. Remarkably, his journal wasn’t discovered until 2001-and is transcribed and appearing for the first time in this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Watt’s journal provides an important glimpse into the transatlantic nature of Latter-day Saint migration to Salt Lake City. In 1850 there were more Latter-day Saints in England than in the United States, but by 1890 more than eighty-five thousand converts had crossed the Atlantic and made their way to Salt Lake City. Watt’s 1851 journal opens a window into those overseas, riverine, and overland journeys. His spirited accounts provide wide-ranging details about the births, marriages, deaths, Sunday sermons, interpersonal relations, weather, and food and water shortages of the journey, as well as the many logistical complexities.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface: George D. Watt-Out of Obscurity and into the Light\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Latter-day Saint Gathering\u003cbr\u003e George D. Watt’\u003cbr\u003es Pitman Shorthand and the Process of Transcription\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Atlantic Ocean\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Rivers\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Trail\u003cbr\u003e 4. The End of the Trail\u003cbr\u003e 5. Sermons Delivered by Orson Pratt On Board the \u003ci\u003eEllen Maria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Style Guide for Transcriptions from Pitman Shorthand\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: Third Company of Ten of the John Brown Company\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3: George D. Watt’\u003cbr\u003es Wives and Children\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 4: Two Reminiscent Accounts from Early Latter-day Saint Missionaries to England\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 5: Yearly Numbers of People Traveling the Overland Trails\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Nautical, Steamboat, and River Terms\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52744063713560,"sku":"9781496229878","price":31.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/liverpool-to-great-salt-lake-the-1851-journal-of-missionary-george-d-watt-hardback-9781496229878","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}