In the Valley of Fear

NY Review

My interest in this article is unusual. Because it relates to my family's religion - Mormonism. And a peculiar kind of Mormonism at that - the RLDS church.

This church was organized by farmers in Illinois, but they were active in Iowa and Missouri also. They had little interest in California, even thought some of its most active missionaries, came from there - including some of my own family. Who were active in Australia.

This was in contrast to the dominant form of Mormonism - the LDS church, who had many Latino members. And were active in California.