Publisher's Synopsis
A Child of the Sea and Life Among the Mormons is a memoir written by Elizabeth Whitney Williams. The book chronicles the author's life growing up in a seafaring family in the mid-1800s, and her later experiences living among the Mormon community in Utah. Williams provides a vivid account of her childhood, including the joys and challenges of living on the sea, as well as the tragedies that befell her family. Later in life, Williams converted to Mormonism and moved to Utah with her husband. She describes the difficulties of adapting to a new way of life in a new community, as well as the joys and struggles of raising a family in a Mormon household. The book offers a unique perspective on both seafaring and Mormon culture in the 19th century, and provides a fascinating glimpse into the life of a woman who experienced both.1905. A memoir by Whitney, Michigan�������s first female lighthouse keeper, of her personal experiences living among the Mormons...thirty-one years of Beaver Island life with as much knowledge of Mormon life as any one outside of their teachings could possibly have. In this little history I have only touched lightly upon the reality, writing what my memory contained that might be interesting, telling the stories as near as possible as they were told to me by the people themselves that had lived and suffered by the Mormon doctrine; some things my parents told me when I was too young to remember, during the first part of my residence on Beaver Island.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
