The Gathering of Zion

The Gathering of Zion

Author: Wallace Earle Stegner

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1964-01-01

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780803292130

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner tells about a thousand-mile migration marked by hardship and sudden death—but unique in American history for its purpose, discipline, and solidarity. Other Bison Books by Wallace Stegner include Mormon Country, Recapitulation, Second Growth, and Women on the Wall.


Nearly Everything Imaginable

Nearly Everything Imaginable

Author: Ronald Warren Walker

Publisher: Brigham Young University Studies

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780842523974

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Historians draw from a wide range of sources to reconstruct the rhythm and cycles of life in the 19th-century settlements. Among the topics are social character in rural settlements, dancing the buckles off their shoes, the Woman's Exponent, native children in Mormon households, and three specific families. A section of color photographs shows period clothing on new models. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Brigham Young

Brigham Young

Author: John G. Turner

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2012-09-25

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 0674067312

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Brigham Young was a rough-hewn New York craftsman whose impoverished life was electrified by the Mormon faith. Turner provides a fully realized portrait of this spiritual prophet, viewed by followers as a protector and by opponents as a heretic. His pioneering faith made a deep imprint on tens of thousands of lives in the American Mountain West.


Plain But Wholesome

Plain But Wholesome

Author: Brock Cheney

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781607812081

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A groundbreaking and entertaining look at the food and drink of the earliest Mormon pioneers


The Mormon Pioneer Trail

The Mormon Pioneer Trail

Author: Arlan Dean

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2002-12-15

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780823964765

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The story of the Mormon Trail and the migration of Mormons to their new settlement at Salt Lake City.


Heber C. Kimball

Heber C. Kimball

Author: Stanley B. Kimball

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780252012990

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Heber Chase Kimball (1801-1868) was born in Sheldon, Vermont to Solomon Farnham Kimball and Anna Spaulding. In 1831 he joined the LDS Church and in 1835 he became and apostle. he served for a number of years as a counselor to Brigham Young. Heber was married to forty-three women and was the father of sixty-five children.


Brigham Young

Brigham Young

Author: Cory Gideon Gunderson

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2002-06

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780736813464

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Traces the life of Brigham Young, from his Vermont childhood to his rise as the leader of the Mormon Church.