Defending Zion
Subtitle: George Q. Cannon and the California Mormon Newspaper Wars of 1856-1857 (Kingdom in the West, V. 5)
Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company
Published: November 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780870623219
Subjects: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Mormon press; Cannon, George Q.; Apologetic works; Religion - Mormon / LDS; Religion - World Religions; History and criticism; Religion; History; Christianity - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Da; Christianity - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saomts (; United States - State & Local - West; 19th century; San Francisco; (George Quayle),; 1827-1901; California; Cannon, George Q
Description: The story of an small religious weekly newspaper, The Western standard, and its editor, George Q. Cannon, which waged a newspaper war with the leading journals of California from 1856-1857 over the Mormons and the Mormon Church. The editorials, articles, and letters collected in this volume deal with frontier justice, vigilantism, politics, journalism, religion, violence, overland emigration, "white Indians", Danites, and polygamy.