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Title
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The city of the saints and across the Rocky Mountains to California
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Description
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In 1860, famed explorer and writer, Sir Richard Francis Burton, known for translating One Thousand and One Nights, The Perfumed Garden, and the Kam Sutra into English, visited the Utah Territory. During his time in the Great Basin, Burton met Brigham Young and studied the unique cultural practices of Mormonism. His book, City of Saints, includes a printing of the Deseret Alphabet.
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Date
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1861
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Creator
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Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
