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Brigham Young : Pioneer Prophet.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (511 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674067318
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Brigham YoungDDC classification:
  • 289.3092 B
LOC classification:
  • BX8695
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. A New Creature -- 2. The Tongues of Angels -- 3. Acts of the Apostles -- 4. New and Everlasting Covenant -- 5. Prophets and Pretenders -- 6. Word and Will -- 7. A New Era of Things -- 8. One Family -- 9. Go Ahead -- 10. The Whirlwind -- 11. Let Him Alone -- 12. The Monster in the Vale -- 13. The Soul and Mainspring of the West -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Brigham Young was a rough-hewn New York craftsman whose impoverished life was electrified by the Mormon faith. Turner provides a fully realized portrait of this spiritual prophet, viewed by followers as a protector and by opponents as a heretic. His pioneering faith made a deep imprint on tens of thousands of lives in the American Mountain West.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. A New Creature -- 2. The Tongues of Angels -- 3. Acts of the Apostles -- 4. New and Everlasting Covenant -- 5. Prophets and Pretenders -- 6. Word and Will -- 7. A New Era of Things -- 8. One Family -- 9. Go Ahead -- 10. The Whirlwind -- 11. Let Him Alone -- 12. The Monster in the Vale -- 13. The Soul and Mainspring of the West -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Brigham Young was a rough-hewn New York craftsman whose impoverished life was electrified by the Mormon faith. Turner provides a fully realized portrait of this spiritual prophet, viewed by followers as a protector and by opponents as a heretic. His pioneering faith made a deep imprint on tens of thousands of lives in the American Mountain West.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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