Twelve Mormon Homes Revisited

Name: Twelve Mormon Homes Revisited
Brand: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PRESS
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Touring Polygamous Utah with Elizabeth Kane, 1872-1873

By: Lowell C. Bennion

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Hardcover | 1 May 2026

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248 Pages

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25.43 x 17.81

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In Twelve Mormon Homes: Visited in Succession on a Journey through Utah to Arizona, first published in 1874, Elizabeth Kane recorded impressions of what she heard and saw among the Mormon people in the twelve communities that hosted her and her family. Neither an apologist nor a convert, Kane maintained her anti-polygamy stance, even while gaining admiration for the women who had entered and endured what she considered an objectionable practice. In this new volume, Lowell C. Bennion immerses readers in the social and architectural worlds encountered by Kane. He provides descriptions of the people and customs of the plural families that hosted her and reconstructions of what the houses looked like at the time of the visit, particularly valuable to contemporary readers because all but two--the Hinckley house at Cove Creek Fort and the Dame house in Parowan--have long since been demolished. By retracing Elizabeth Kane's steps, readers will gain a new perspective on attitudes toward Mormon life in the nineteenth century.

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"This impressive study brings together the perspectives of vernacular architecture, geography, and history to enrich our understanding of Elizabeth Kane's luminous description of 1870s Utah."--Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, author of A House Full of Females

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