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Author Turner, John G

Title Brigham Young, pioneer prophet / John G. Turner
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 500 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents A new creature -- The tongues of angels -- Acts of the apostles -- New and everlasting covenant -- Prophets and pretenders -- Word and will -- A new era of things -- One family -- Go ahead -- The whirlwind -- Let him alone -- The monster in the vale -- The soul and mainspring of the West
Summary Provides a fully realized portrait of Mormon leader Brigham Young, a colossal figure in American religion, politics, and westward expansion
Analysis Multi-User
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-486) and index
Notes English
New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice; Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year; Mormon History Association Best Biography Award; Utah State Historical Society Best Book Award; Booklist Top 10 Religion and Spirituality Title of the Year; Meridian Magazine Best Book of the Year
Subject Young, Brigham, 1801-1877.
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Young, Brigham 1801-1877
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Presidents -- Biography
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormonen
Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents
Presidents
Mormoner.
Mormons -- Biography.
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012015555
ISBN 9780674067318
0674067312
9780674416857
0674416856
0674071794
9780674071797
0674049675
9780674049673