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Brigham Young : a concise biography of the Mormon Moses / Ed Breslin.
Van Pelt Library BX8695.Y7 B67 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Breslin, Ed.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877.
- Young, Brigham.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Presidents--Biography.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Latter Day Saint churches--Presidents--Biography.
- Latter Day Saint churches.
- Latter Day Saint churches--Presidents.
- Presidents.
- Latter Day Saints--Biography.
- Latter Day Saints.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Regnery Pub, [2013]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 New England Roots 1
- Chapter 2 Boyhood and Youth 7
- Chapter 3 Family Man 17
- Chapter 4 Conversion 23
- Chapter 5 Missionary 31
- Chapter 6 Kirtland 39
- Chapter 7 Zion's Camp 45
- Chapter 8 The Quorum of Twelve 53
- Chapter 9 The Temple and the Tempest 59
- Chapter 10 Back to Missouri 67
- Chapter 11 To Britain and Back 75
- Chapter 12 Increased Responsibilities 85
- Chapter 13 The Assassination 97
- Chapter 14 The New Leader 103
- Chapter 15 History Repeats Itself 113
- Chapter 16 The Great Exodus 121
- Chapter 17 Winter Quarters 129
- Chapter 18 To the Great Salt Lake Valley 135
- Chapter 19 Backtracking to Winter Quarters 149
- Chapter 20 Exodus Completed 155
- Chapter 21 The Colonizer 161
- Chapter 22 The Governor 171
- Chapter 23 The Utah War 183
- Chapter 24 The Mountain Meadows Massacre 193
- Chapter 25 The Aftermath of the Atrocity 199
- Chapter 26 Polygamy 205
- Chapter 27 Legacy 215.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781621570400
- 1621570401
- OCLC:
- 809615526
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