{"product_id":"the-city-of-the-saints-and-across-the-rocky-mountains-to-california-paperback-9781108033169","title":"The City of the Saints, and across the Rocky Mountains to California (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108033169","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe City of the Saints, and across the Rocky Mountains to California\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1861, this account of Burton's trip to Salt Lake City focuses on the Mormon church and its customs.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Francis Burton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108033169, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 September 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e752 pages, 17 b\/w illus.  2 maps\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 4.2 cm, 0.94 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe British explorer Sir Richard F. Burton (1821–90) was a colourful and often controversial character. A talented linguist and keen ethnologist, he first gained celebrity for his adventurous 1853 trip to Mecca, conducted under the disguise of a pilgrim. He remains famous for his translation (with the British orientalist Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot) of The Kama Sutra (1883), a daring enterprise in the context of the Victorian society. First published in 1861, this book is an account of Burton's 1860 trip to Salt Lake City. It offers a geographical and ethnological study of Utah that focuses on the Mormon church. In the course of his research, Burton was able to meet the Mormon prophet Brigham Young, leader of the Latter-Day Saints and founder of Salt Lake City. Burton describes various Mormon customs, showing particular interest in polygamy, which he treats with critical distance and his characteristic sense of humour.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Why I went to Great Salt Lake City\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Sioux or Dakotas\u003cbr\u003e 3. Concluding the route to the Gt. S. L. City\u003cbr\u003e 4. First week at Gt. S. L. City. Preliminaries\u003cbr\u003e 5. Second week at Gt. S. L. City. Visit to the prophet\u003cbr\u003e 6. Descriptive geography, ethnology, and statistics of UT\u003cbr\u003e 7. Third week at Gt. S. L. City. Excursions\u003cbr\u003e 8. Excursions continued\u003cbr\u003e 9. Latter-Day Saints. Of the Mormon religion\u003cbr\u003e 10. Further observations at Gt. S. L. City\u003cbr\u003e 11. Last days at Gt. S. L. City\u003cbr\u003e 12. To Ruby Valley\u003cbr\u003e 13. To Carson Valley\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266034815256,"sku":"9781108033169","price":52.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108033169i.jpg?v=1694873703","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-city-of-the-saints-and-across-the-rocky-mountains-to-california-paperback-9781108033169","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}