"In the summer and fall of 1838, animosity between Mormons and their neighbors in western Missouri erupted into an armed conflict known as the Mormon War. The conflict continued until early November, when the outnumbered Mormons surrendered and agreed to leave the state. In this…
While much has been written on the Mormon War in past decades, Stephen C. LeSueur takes a fresh and much-needed new look. Writing in clear, straightforward prose, LeSueur has produced a thorough and thoughtful study that makes several important contribution ...
"Women in New Religions offers an engaging look at women's evolving place in the birth and development of new religious movements. It focuses on four disparate new religions--Mormonism, Seventh-day Adventism, The Family International, and Wicca--to illuminate their implications …
"Billionaire entrepreneur, distinguished public servant, and father of a former governor and presidential candidate, Jon M. Huntsman, Sr., has been very fortunate in life. The company he founded in 1970, the Huntsman Corporation, is now one of the largest petrochemical manufactu…
Winner of the Evans Biography Award, the Mormon History Association Best Book Award, and the John Whitmer Association (RLDS) Best Book Award. A preface to this first paperback edition of the biography of Emma Hale Smith, Joseph Smith's wife, reviews the history of the book and i…
Presents the life of the founder of the Church of Latter Day Saints, from his early life in rural New York, to the visions that inspired 'The Book of Mormon', and his untimely death at the hands of a mob in 1844.
Presents the life of the founder of the Church of Latter Day Saints, from his early life in rural New York, to the visions that inspired 'The Book of Mormon', and his untimely death at the hands of a mob in 1844.
"Documented historical record and personal narrative drawn from letters and diaries of immigrants themselves are juxtaposed to form an authentic and rounded picture of this aspect of Mormon life and development up to the turn of the century."-Library Journal"A highly readable tr…
