The Anomaly: Elliott West's Continental Reckoning and its Latter-day Saints

by Robert Swanson

Overview

Review of Elliott West, Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2023). 704 pages, $39.95 (hardcover).

Abstract: This review explores how Latter-day Saints are portrayed in a new landmark history of the American West. Noting the author's generally accurate portrayal of the Saints, this review focuses on some areas that were missing in this Bancroft Prize winning book that has numerous implications for Latter-day Saint studies.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940186214977
Publisher:	Interpreter Foundation
Publication date:	08/01/2024
Series:	Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship , #62
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	773,203
File size:	248 KB

About the Author

Robert Swanson is a PhD student at the University of Missouri studying early American history. His research interests focus on two fields, Latter-day Saint history and early American abolitionism. He received his MA from Rutgers University Camden and his BA from Brigham Young University. He has published in The Journal of Mormon History, The New American Antiquarian, The Journal of American Nineteenth Century History, and The Journal of Pennsylvania History. He has also worked in various Latter-day Saint historical institutions as a volunteer or employee, including The Mormon Places Project, the Wilford Woodruff Papers, and The Church History Department.