Sinners and Saints / A Tour Across the States and Round Them, with Three Months Among the Mormons

A TOUR ACROSS THE STATES, AND ROUND THEM WITH THREE MONTHS AMONG THE MORMONS
BY PHIL ROBINSON AUTHOR OF IN MY INDIAN GARDEN, UNDER THE PUNKAH, NOAH'S ARK,' ETC., ETC.
NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION
LONDON 1892
Inscribed, WITH AUTHOR'S GRATITUDE, TO A FRIEND, JOHN STUART DOWNING.
FROM NEW YORK TO CHICAGO.
By the Pennsylvania Limited—Her Majesty's swine—Glimpses of Africa and India— Eligible sites for Kingdoms —The Phoenix city—Street scenes—From pig to pork—The Sparrow line—Chicago Mountain—Melancholy merry-makers.
FROM CHICAGO TO DENVER.
Fathers of Waters— Rich Lands lie Flat —The Misery River—Council Bluffs—A Live town, sir—Two murders: a contrast—Omaha—The immorality of writing up —On the prairies—The modesty of Wish-ton-Wish —The antelope's tower of refuge—Out of Nebraska into Colorado—Man-eating Tiger.
IN LEADVILLE.
The South Park line—Oscar Wilde on sunflowers as food—In a wash-hand basin—Anti-Vigilance Committees—Leadville the city of the carbonates— Busted millionaires—The philosophy of thick boots—Colorado miners—National competition in lions—Abuse of the terms gentleman and lady —Up at the mines—Under the pine-trees.
FROM LEADVILLE TO SALT LAKE CITY.

Phil Robinson
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2017-01-31

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West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Latter Day Saint churches; Utah -- Description and travel

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