《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
Chisholm is a retired Utah State University professor and a poet, novelist, and essayist whose work has appeared in numerous journals. He is also a displaced Canadian, now living in upstate New York, who journeyed solo on foot along the Mormon Trail in 1985-from the Missouri River to Salt Lake City-retracing the 1000-mile trek of 19th-century Mormon pioneers. The purpose of his trip was to play off the Mormon search for the dream of "community" against the modern search for the American dream of "individuality." In this insightful and amusing account of his odyssey, he shares his experiences, describing the people he encountered along the way and the stories they told, and offers his thoughts on the differing manners of Americans, Canadians, and Mormons of any nationality. A former Mormon himself, Chisholm intersperses bits of Mormon history throughout the text and critically discusses some aspects of the religion. His prose is humorous and filled with sparkling phrases. For all travel collections.-George M. Jenks, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, PA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.