A picture of the book Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains published in 1968 by the First Edition Folklore Society.
A picture of the book Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains published in 1968 by the First Edition Folklore Society.
A picture of the book Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains published in 1968 by the First Edition Folklore Society.
A picture of the book Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains published in 1968 by the First Edition Folklore Society.
A picture of the book Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains published in 1968 by the First Edition Folklore Society.
A picture of the book Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains published in 1968 by the First Edition Folklore Society.
A picture of the book Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains published in 1968 by the First Edition Folklore Society.
A picture of the book Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains published in 1968 by the First Edition Folklore Society.
A picture of the book Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains published in 1968 by the First Edition Folklore Society.
A picture of the book Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains published in 1968 by the First Edition Folklore Society.
A picture of the book Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains published in 1968 by the First Edition Folklore Society.
A picture of the book Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains published in 1968 by the First Edition Folklore Society.

Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains 1968 First Edition Folklore Society

$25.00

Offering: Cheney, Thomas E. (editor). Mormon Songs from the Rocky Mountains. Austin & London: University of Texas Press for the American Folklore Society, 1968.

Good in like DJ. Boards show mild rubbing at tips and some spotting to the cloth; spine clean and bright. DJ and endpapers toned with scattered foxing, as seen in photos. Textblock otherwise solid, clean, and unmarked.

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Description

This is Volume 53 in the American Folklore Society’s Memoir Series — Cheney’s major compilation of Mormon folksong. Drawing from field notes, pioneer oral traditions, missionary ballads, and 19th-century publication sources, Cheney organizes the material thematically: history, migration, customs, teachings, satire, and the lived experience of Latter-day Saint communities in the West. Over one hundred songs appear with commentary, variants, and context, revealing how music functioned as memory, resilience, instruction, and humor on the frontier.

Cheney’s scholarship is still widely cited in folkloric and ethnomusicological studies. Today the book stands as one of the essential documentary works on regional American song — a snapshot of how a people preserved belief, identity, and story through melody and repetition.

An important title for collectors of folklore, Mormon history, or Western Americana.

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Weight 1 lbs
Dimensions 10 × 7 × 2 in

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