Brigham Young, colonizer of the American West : diaries and office journals, 1832-1871 / Edited by George D. Smith ; with a foreword by John G. Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, author.

Contributor:

Smith, George D. (George Dempster), 1938- editor.

Turner, John G., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Diaries.

Young, Brigham.

Young, Brigham, 1801-1877.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Presidents--Diaries.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--19th century.

History.

Presidents.

West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

West (U.S.).

Utah--History--19th century.

Utah.

West United States.

Genre:

Diaries.

History.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm, in slipcase 25 x 17 x 8 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : Signature Books, 2021.

Summary:

"Examining Brigham Young's legacy requires an understanding of his raw ambition and religious zeal. A formidable leader in both his church and country, Young's abilities coincided with the colonizing zeitgeist of nineteenth-century America. Thus, by 1877, some 400 Mormon settlements spanned the Western frontier from Salt Lake City to outposts in Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming, and California. As prophet of the LDS Church and governor of the proposed State of Deseret, Young led several campaigns for Utah Statehood while defending polygamy and local sovereignty. His skillful and authoritarian leadership led historian Bernard de Voto to classify him as an "American genius" responsible for turning Joseph Smith's visions "into the seed of life." Young's diaries and journals reveal a man dedicated to his church, defensive of his spiritual and temporal claims to authority, and determined to create a modern Zion within the Utah desert. Editor George D. Smith's careful organization and annotation of Young's personal writings provide insights into the mind or Mormonism's dynamic church leader and frontier statesman"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: VOLUME 1

Pre-Utah Diaries, 1832-46

1. "Good Liberty in Speaking," 1832-33

2. "The Sperit Came upon Me," 1835

3. "It Rejoiced Our Harts," 1836-37

4. "Devision of Centiment among the Brothern," 1838-39

5. "Preached in the Evening," 1840

6. "J Smith Saw Agness," 1841-42

7. "I Saw Sister Louisa B[eaman]," 1843-44

8. "Performed the Ceremony of Marriage," 1845

9. "Our Safe Elopement from This Place," 1846

Utah Office Journals, 1849-71

10. "My Policy Is to become Rich, Wealthy, Popular, and Powerful," 1849

11. "At the Office All Day," 1850-51

12. "Emigrants Continue Flocking into Our Valley," 1852-54

13. "Dancing Commenced in Ward Schoolhouses," 1855-56

14. "Many Applications for Taking More Wives," 1857

VOLUME 2

Utah Office Journals, 1858-71

15. "Whether to Send Out Men to Hinder Troops from Coming," 1858

16. "I Have Had to Play with the Kingdoms of the World," 1859

17. "We Will Wait and Get Admitted as a State into the Union," 1860

18. "If Abraham Lincoln Would Coerce the South," 1861

19. "Praying Our Admission into the Family of States," 1862-63

20. "Our Religion Embraces Every True Science," 1864-71.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Brigham young, colonizer of the American West

ISBN:

9781560852742

1560852747

OCLC:

1204268147