The year-long fact-finding mission of apostle David O. McKay and
his traveling companion Hugh J. Cannon to places historian Leonard
J. Arrington has called the "geographic and organizational
periphery" of Mormondom was one of the most significant moments of
the twentieth century for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. While the contemporary LDS church has grown to become a
global presence, the early decades of the last century found
missionaries struggling to gain converts abroad. Cannon's rich and
vivid account of his and McKay's 61,646-mile around-the-world
journey illustrates the roots of Mormonism's globalization. The
account is without doubt one of the more significant texts in the
historical cannon of global Mormon studies.
Reid L Neilson annotates Cannon's account, enriching the
experience for scholarly and lay readers alike. Ancillary material,
including the transcripts of Cannon's letters to the "Deseret News
"detailing the journey, the complete text of Cannon's original
journals (available for the first time ever), a collection of 60
photographs, maps, and illustrations culled from McKay's own
collection, as well as comprehensive lists of names and places,
will be available digitally.
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