Title: Robert Newton Baskin and the making of modern Utah /
Authors: Maxwell, John Gary, 1933-
Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Co.,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Baskin, R. N.; Mormons Utah History; Frontier and pioneer life Utah; Legislators Utah Biography.; Utah History; Utah Politics and government.; Utah Biography.
Contents: Ohio origins -- Forewarned and prepared? -- Arriving in Utah -- A theocratic society -- A climate of violence -- The combative years -- "The canker worm of their souls ever since" -- The year of the prophet's death -- Elections, challenges, and ill winds -- Lying for the Lord -- The tide agains the Mormons strengthens -- Baskin and public education in Utah -- Challenge and controversy -- Mayor of Salt Lake City -- Epiphany or transformation: reelection -- Mayors, industrial armies, and city crises -- Unrelenting problems but statehood arrives -- Into the judicial arena -- Evanescence of financial success -- Obey the law -- Gently they go -- The father of modern Utah.