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Brigham Young

By Arrington, Leonard J.

Brigham Young Memories

Brigham Young

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Brigham Young comes to life in this superlative biography that presents him as a Mormon leader, a business genius, a family man, a political organizer, and a pioneer of the West. Drawing on a vast range of sources, including documents, personal diaries, and private correspondence, Leonard J. Arrington brings Young to life as a towering yet fully human figure, the remarkable captain of his people and his church for thirty years, who combined piety and the pursuit of power to leave an indelible stamp on Mormon society and the culture of the Western frontier. From polygamy to the Mountain Meadows Massacre to the attempted preservation of Young’s Great Basin Kingdom, we are given a fresh understanding of the controversies that plagued Young in his contentious relations with the federal government. Brigham Young draws its subject out of the marginal place in history to which the conventional wisdom has assigned him, and sets him squarely in the American mainstream, a figure of abiding influence in our society to this day.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
562
Release Date:
2012-06-12
Publication Date:
2012-06-12
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0345803213
ISBN13:
9780345803214
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
846 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
30 cm
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