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WSU author examines longing; authors discuss Utah's socialistic past

Last updated Monday, November 14, 2011 - 12:43pm

OGDEN -- America's pioneers are often painted as daring men and women who yearned to see new lands. In reality, many of them yearned for their old homes.

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Utah's radical history may surprise some

Doug Gibson Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, November 14, 2011 - 1:07pm

Did you know that more than 110 self-described socialists were elected in towns and cities across Utah between 1900 and 1920?

Or that about 40 percent of members of Utah's socialist parties 100 years ago -- much to the chagrin of their church's leadership -- were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?

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