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Of Curious Workmanship
Musings on Things Mormon

by Edgar C. Snow Jr.
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 1999 (119p.)
 

Genre:  Personal Essay Collection
Sub Genres:
Humor
Summary:
Ed Snow mixes nostalgia and humor equally in his musings about things Mormon. For instance, in singing "Tit-Willow" as a youth (remember the old Recreational Songs book?), the resulting giggles are vivid in his mind. Or, as another example, the unusual fulfillment of the "gift of tongues" in the Swiss mission. That happened when Ed and his companion received a local beef tongue delicacy from a grateful convert. Poker faces all around. The author continues to find moments of guilty pleasure in his current Sunday school class, every time an Alexander Pope saying is attributed to President David O. McKay, or when "Zeezrom" was defined as meaning "dirty, stinking lawyer" in Egyptian. (Actually, Ed contributed that nugget.)


More information at Publisher website
http://www.signaturebooks.com/curious.htm


Reviewed In:
[Review of] Of Curious Workmanship: Musings on Things Mormon by Edgar C. Snow Jr. by Harlow S. Clark
[Review of] Of Curious Workmanship: Musing on Things Mormon by Edgar C. Snow Jr. by R. W. Rasband
Sung With Vim, Vigor, and a Delicate Tongue: A review of Edgar Snow's Of Curious Workmanship, Peggy Fletcher Stack and Kathleen Peterson's A World of Faith, and Robert Kirby's Provo Daily Herald article "Dressing like a Mormon guy for only $39.93" by Harlow S. Clark






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