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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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
"Decades in the making, this book knits together the labor of a life's work. Having literally visited every pertinent seaport, outfitting post, and repository in quest of the Mormon maritime past, Fred Woods has filled a void in Mormon emigration history."-Melvin Bashore, retired curator of historic sites for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "Fred E. Woods's Ports to Posts incorporates first-person accounts to examine the international emigration of one hundred thousand Latter-day Saints to Utah Territory between 1847 and 1900. He expertly chronicles how emigrants overcame considerable challenges to gather to Zion by sail, trail, and rail."-Jay H. Buckley, author of Great Plains Forts and William Clark: Indian Diplomat