Kimball, Richard Ian. <br/><br/>
Sports in Zion :  Mormon recreation, 1890-1940 / 
Richard Ian Kimball. 
 - Urbana :  University of Illinois Press,  (c)2003. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Sports and society .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>"Not playing without a purpose" : the construction of a Mormon recreation ideology --  "A strong arm to the church" : recreation building boom --  "For the uplifting and the betterment of the youth of Israel" : athletics, socialization, and the "selling of the word of wisdom" --  "A means of preserving the memory of the Mormon pioneers" : LDS recreation in the great outdoors --  "To make the most of leisure" : recreation responds in a depression decade. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252091612 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019718586 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mormons--Recreation--History.<br/>Recreation--History.--Utah<br/>Mormons--Social life and customs.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV54  / .S667 2003