Sports in Zion
Subtitle: Mormon Recreation, 1890-1940 (Sport and Society)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: August 12, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780252028571
Subjects: Mormons (Church of Latter Day Saints); Religion; Sports & Recreation; Christianity - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (; Christianity - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saomts (; History; Religion / Mormonism; Christianity - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saomts (Mormon); Mormons; Recreation; Social life and customs; Utah
First sentence: To understand the hardscrabble early years of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a focus on recreation, merrymaking, and amusements might seem completely out of place.