Part II, Chapter 1 ('On the Great Alkali Plain')
The desert tableau introducing John Ferrier and Lucy, rescued by the Mormon caravan under Brigham Young.
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From A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Part II abruptly shifts to the American frontier, depicting the Mormon settlement of Utah as a theocratic tyranny—a famously controversial portrayal that prompted later apology from Conan Doyle's estate.
Part II, Chapter 2 ('The Flower of Utah')
Lucy Ferrier grows into the 'flower of Utah,' meets Jefferson Hope, and the love story begins.
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The Danite Band's secret terror is depicted; controversial passages presenting the LDS Church as a murderous secret society.
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