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Eminent historian Richard Lyman Bushman presents an engaging history of the Mormon religion that is full of intricate subplots and peculiar twists. He discusses
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-20 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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Say you found that a few dozen people, operating at the highest levels of society, conspired to create a false ancient history of the American continent to prom
The Battle over America's Origin Story
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Authors: Brian Regal
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This book examines the legends of who ‘really’ discovered America. It argues that histories of America's origins were always based less on empirical evidenc
Noah's Curse
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Protestants & Pictures
Language: en
Pages: 432
Authors: David Morgan
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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In exploring the rise of this culture, author David Morgan shows how Protestants used mass-produced images to dedicate religious revival, proselytism, mass educ