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American massacre
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Sally Denton |
An analysis of the September 1857 massacre of a gold-laden wagon train of settlers passing through Utah draws on historical records to argue that Brigham Young and members of the Mormon Church played… |
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The Book of Mormon
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Paul C. Gutjahr |
Late one night in 1823 Joseph Smith, Jr., was reportedly visited in his family's farmhouse in upstate New York by an angel named Moroni. According to Smith, Moroni told him of a buried stack of gold … |
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Brigham Young, pioneer prophet
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John G. Turner |
Brigham Young was a rough-hewn craftsman from New York whose impoverished and obscure life was electrified by the Mormon faith. He trudged around the United States and England to gain converts for Mo… |
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Under the Banner of Heaven
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Jon Krakauer |
Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. In UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, he shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to ext… |
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Historical dictionary of Mormonism
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Davis Bitton |
Clears up many of the misconceptions held about Mormonism and its members, making it an essential reference. |
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Mormon history
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Ronald W. Walker |
"Mormon History offers an interpretive survey of Mormon historical writings, from the partisan and often ephemeral history of the nineteenth century through the shift in the first half of the twentie… |
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De eenzame polygamist
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Brady Udall |
Een diepgelovige mormoon worstelt met de eisen die zijn geloof, werk en zijn gezin met meer vrouwen aan hem stellen. |
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Early Mormonism and the magic world view
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D. Michael Quinn |
In this articulate and insightful book, D. Michael Quinn, a professor of history at Brigham Young University, masterfully reconstructs the world view of an earlier age in America, finding ample evide… |
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A Gathering of Saints
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Robert Lindsey,Robert Lindsey |
This book is an astonishing report on one of this century's most puzzling, cunningly executed crimes. A tale of murder and a scheme to topple a vast religious empire, A Gathering of Saints takes us i… |
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