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Copyright © 2011 David S. Carpenter. All rights reserved.

Opinions expressed in this publication are the opinion of the author and his views should not necessarily be attributed to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young University, or BYU Studies. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, digital, mechanical or other means now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording or in an information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing. Prepared for publication by BYU Studies. To contact BYU Studies, write to 1063 JFSB, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, or visit https://byustudies.byu.edu.

This thesis was approved in 2003 by the History Department at Brigham Young University. 

Cover image Ledge of Sunland (oil on canvas) by Maynard Dixon, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Kelly Ullmann. 
Cover design by Robert E. M. Spencer

ISBN 978-0-8425-2771-2 (paperback)
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