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Of Curious Workmanship: Musings on Things Mormon

Edgar C. Snow

Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 1999

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Personal Essay, Humor
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.)
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Reviewed in Sung With Vim, Vigor, and a Delicate Tongue Harlow Clark Review
Reviewed in [Review of] Of Curious Workmanship: Musing on Things Mormon by Edgar C. Snow Jr. R. W. Rasband Review
Reviewed in [Review of] Of Curious Workmanship: Musings on Things Mormon by Edgar C. Snow Jr. Harlow Clark Review
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