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World War I

World War 1 Diaries: Historian Kent Powell on Utah’s Only Latter-day Saint Wartime Journal

Kent Powell. Photo by Kurt Manwaring

Kent Powell is a Utah historian and editor of “Nels Anderson’s World War I Diary.” Anderson is the only Utah Latter-day Saint to keep a diary during the first World War, significantly adding to war stories told in Saints 3: Boldly, Nobly, and Independent.

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American History Latter-day Saint History

Adams Papers: An Interview with Editor Sara Martin

Sara Martin, Photo by Laura Wulf

I recently had the privilege to interview Sara Martin. She is Editor in Chief of the Adams Papers.

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Vast Early America

Russell Shorto Books: Interview the Author about the American Revolution

Russell Shorto

What would the American Revolution look like if you weaved together the stories of six people into a narrative? Author Russell Shorto explains. 

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