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Fred E. Woods is a professor of religious education at Brigham Young University. He is the author or coauthor of many books, including most recently Bright Lights in the Desert: The Latter-day Saints of Las Vegas and (with Malcolm Adcock) The Latter-day Saint Image in the British Mind.

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Fred E. Woods augments the traditional overland history of Latter-day Saint migrations to Salt Lake City via handcart and wagon by detailing the arduous migrations of religious converts by ships and trains.

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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Early Church Beginnings, Teachings, and Gatherings
2. By Land and Sea to Nauvoo (1840–46)
3. In and Out of Liverpool
4. Shipping the Saints
5. Crossing the Seas
6. Men in Motion on the Mississippi
7. The Knights of Castle Garden
8. LDS Emigration through Missouri by River and Rail (1838–68)
9. LDS Frontier Outfitting Posts
10. LDS Emigration and Military Posts
11. Arrival at the Final Post
    Appendix: LDS Emigration Agents (Nineteenth Century)
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index