Brigham Young's homes / edited by Colleen Whitley ; with contributions from Sandra Dawn Brimhall ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whitley, Colleen, 1940-

Brimhall, Sandra Dawn, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes and haunts.

Young, Brigham.

Young, Brigham, 1801-1877.

Physical Description:

ix, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Logan : Utah State University Press, [2002]

Summary:

Brigham Young's Homes provides a comprehensive history of the many houses and other structures built, owned, or resided in by Brigham Young, leader of the Mormon pioneers, first territorial governor of Utah, and second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Herein historians describe Young's residences as a child and young man, the buildings he helped construct as a youthful carpenter, his living quarters as a missionary and during the Mormon migrations, and his multiple houses and farms in Salt Lake City and other Utah towns -- several now preserved as historic landmarks. They examine not only the buildings themselves but life within them, especially the family life of Young's plural wives and their children. The emphasis is on Young's residences as homes, not just structures. Numerous photos, drawings, and maps offer a visual history to complement the text.

Contents:

Determining and defining "wife" : the Brigham Young households / Jeffery Ogden Johnson

Brigham Young's birthplace and New York residences / Marianne Harding Burgoyne

A missionary's life : Ohio, Missouri, England, and Illinois / Marianne Harding Burgoyne

Wives in wagons : winter quarters and the trek west / Judy Dykman and Colleen Whitley

Settling in Salt Lake City / Judy Dykman and Colleen Whitley

The Beehive and Lion houses / W. Randall Dixon

The Brigham Young farm house / Elinor G. Hyde

The Gardo House / Sandra Dawn Brimhall and Mark D. Curtis

Beyond Salt Lake City / Judy Dykman, Colleen Whitley, and Kari K. Robinson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-254) and index.

ISBN:

0874214416

0874214424

OCLC:

49415479