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Reminiscences of Early Utah: With Reply to Certain Statements by O.F. Whitney Paperback - 2006 - 1st Edition

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Author: Robert N. Baskin; Foreword-Brigham D. Madsen
ISBN: 9781560851936

by Robert N. Baskin; Foreword by Brigham D. Madsen

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From the publisher

In late 1866, when Salt Lake City attorney Robert Baskin looked down at the mutilated body of a client, he resolved he would do all in his power to increase federal authority in Utah to ensure that perpetrators of such crimes would not go unpunished. He became the Assistant U.S. Attorney, Salt Lake City mayor, and a Utah Supreme Court justice. Through all this, he was seen as a thorn in the side of the Utah establishment. Even so, readers should appreciate his measured tone and lawyerly objectivity, as well as his graceful prose, indicative of a Harvard education, and his solid documentation intended to convince skeptics. AfterReminiscences"was published in 1914, Baskin sparred with prominent Mormon writer Orson F. Whitney, who suggested that doubtless the fear, well-founded it seems, that judges would be sent to Utah as an engine of oppression was the reason for excesses. Baskin countered, Yes, without doubt it was fear that inspired disloyal acts fear the federal government would send judges here to execute impartiality as the law of the land. "

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Title Reminiscences of Early Utah: With Reply to Certain Statements by O.F. Whitney
Author Robert N. Baskin; Foreword by Brigham D. Madsen
Binding Paperback
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 252
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Signature Books
Date September 30, 2006
Illustrated Yes
ISBN 9781560851936 / 1560851937
Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
Dimensions 8.48 x 5.57 x 0.84 in (21.54 x 14.15 x 2.13 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Geographic Orientation: Utah
Library of Congress subjects Frontier and pioneer life - Utah, Utah - History - 19th century
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006045811
Dewey Decimal Code 979.020

About the author

Brigham D. Madsen is Professor Emeritus of History and past vice president of theUniversity of Utah, recipient of a Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award, as well as the Distinguished Service Award from the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. He is the author ofGlory Hunter: A Biography of Patrick Edward Connor(Utah State Historical Society Best Military History Award), North to Montana! Jehus, Bullwhackers, and Mule Skinners on the Montana Trail(Westerners International Best Book Award), The Shoshoni Frontierand theBear River Massacre(Westerners International Best Book Award), Studies of the Book of Mormon(John Whitmer Historical Association Best Book Award), and other volumes, including his own popular autobiography, Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Western Historian."