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| Named Person: | Harry S Truman; Joseph Smith |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jon E Taylor |
| ISBN: | 9780826218018 0826218016 |
| OCLC Number: | 182851112 |
| Description: | xvii, 274 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Independence as Zion -- Trails west -- A president returns home -- Winds of discontent -- The birth of a national historic site -- Redevelopment in the Truman neighborhood. |
| Responsibility: | Jon E. Taylor. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
"Examines the efforts of Independence, Missouri, to preserve and balance competing elements of the city's history: as the hometown of President Harry S. Truman; as the site where Joseph Smith established the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; and as the historic gathering place for western emigration"--Provided by publisher.
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- Historic preservation -- Missouri -- Independence.
- Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- Missouri -- Independence.
- Independence (Mo.) -- History.
- Independence (Mo.) -- Biography.
- Truman, Harry S., -- 1884-1972 -- Homes and haunts -- Missouri -- Independence.
- Smith, Joseph, -- 1805-1844.
- Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- History.
- Pioneers -- Missouri -- Independence -- History.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Missouri -- Independence.
