WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
BOOK
"On the Ragged Edge: The Life and Times of Dudley Leavitt"
by Juanita Brooks
"Dudley Leavitt, pioneer to southern Utah".
First edition
Hardback, 175 Pages, 9.1" x 6.6" x 1.1"
Published by the Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, 1973.
ISBN-10: 0913738247
ISBN-13: 978-0913738245
AVAILABILITY
This book is out of print, but is available from a number of online booksellers.Copies are in the Special Collections sections of the Enterprise, Hurricane, Santa Clara, St. George
and Washington branches of the Washington County Library, Call Number SP(FH) M270.1 Leavitt.
Several copies are available for checkout from the Washington County Library, Call Number 979.2092 Leavitt.
To view the text of the book, click here.
COVER
 Front Cover |
 Back Cover |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Author's Statement | vii | |
| 1. | From Canada to Illinois | 1 |
| 2. | Tragedy and New Beginnings | 15 |
| 3. | The Leavitts Head for Zion | 29 |
| 4. | Settling in Tooele | 43 |
| 5. | On the Santa Clara | 55 |
| 6. | Rumors of War | 70 |
| 7. | First Indian Missions | 79 |
| 8. | The Family Grows | 91 |
| 9. | The Settlement of Dixie | 100 |
| 10. | At Hebron and Gunlock | 114 |
| 11. | The United Order at Bunkerville | 125 |
| 12. | Dodging the Officers | 140 |
| 13. | The Closing Years | 151 |
| Appendix A: The Leavitt Coat of Arms | 163 | |
| Appendix B: Genealogy | 166 | |
| Illustrations (between pages 99 and 100) |