Brigham Young : a concise biography of the Mormon Moses / Ed Breslin.
Publisher: Washington, DC : Regnery History, c2013Description: 242 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781621570400
- 1621570401
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BSOP Library | GC | BX8695.Y7 B75 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00062989 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224) and index.
New England roots -- Boyhood and youth -- Family man -- Conversion -- Missionary -- Kirtland -- Zion's Camp -- The Quorum of Twelve -- The temple and the tempest -- Back to Missouri -- To Britain and back -- Increased responsibilities -- The assassination -- The new leader -- History repeats itself -- The great exodus -- Winter quarters -- To the Great Salt Lake Valley -- Backtracking to winter quarters -- Exodus completed -- The colonizer -- The governor -- The Utah War -- The Mountain Meadows Massacre -- The aftermath of the atrocity -- Polygamy -- Legacy.
Distills Young's larger-than-life story into a concise, readable biography that focuses on his most critical moments and achievements in the Mormon Church and during the era of American Western expansion.
