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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This book makes the Great Basin come alive!
As someone interested in that region of our country, I found this book compelling . . . and it gave me a new understanding of the Mormons' struggle to find their homeland. I would recommend it to anyone even remotely interested in Mormons or in that area of that country. The story is page-turning, not a dry history at all.
Published on February 27, 1998
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
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Pay close attention to the Kirkus review above. Hackneyed is the correct description of this work. It goes off on so many tangents that it is very hard to follow at times. But mostly, it is quite boring. There are better histories of Utah, the Mountain Men, the Padres, the Mormons, etc., but if what you desire is a quick, very superficial overview of Utah's...
Published on October 7, 2007 by Michael E. Fitzgerald
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Unsatisfactory,
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This review is from: Desert Between the Mountains: Mormons, Miners, Padres, Mountain Men, and the Opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869 (Paperback)
Pay close attention to the Kirkus review above. Hackneyed is the correct description of this work. It goes off on so many tangents that it is very hard to follow at times. But mostly, it is quite boring.
There are better histories of Utah, the Mountain Men, the Padres, the Mormons, etc., but if what you desire is a quick, very superficial overview of Utah's early history, then you will find this work useful.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This book makes the Great Basin come alive!,
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This review is from: Desert Between the Mountains: Mormons, Miners, Padres, Mountain Men, and the Opening of the Great Basin 1772-1869 (Hardcover)
As someone interested in that region of our country, I found this book compelling . . . and it gave me a new understanding of the Mormons' struggle to find their homeland. I would recommend it to anyone even remotely interested in Mormons or in that area of that country. The story is page-turning, not a dry history at all.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting Read,
This review is from: Desert Between the Mountains: Mormons, Miners, Padres, Mountain Men, and the Opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869 (Paperback)
Other reviews say that the book goes in too many tangents, but that's why I enjoyed it so much. Instead of a dry history, Durham makes the work come alive with stories of the people in the area. I'm buying it for my dad to enjoy as much as I did.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Incomplete,
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This review is from: Desert Between the Mountains: Mormons, Miners, Padres, Mountain Men, and the Opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869 (Paperback)
My copy of the book, Desert Between the Mountains, is missing 40 pages and I have have been unable to contact the seller.
My frustrations with the seller and Amazon to date over my incomplete book means one star is still one star too many |
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Desert Between the Mountains: Mormons, Miners, Padres, Mountain Men, and the Opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869 by Michael Durham (Paperback - September 15, 1999)
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