| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 522, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Boyhood in Vermont and New York -- Conversion and commitment -- Ardent disciple, 1832-1834 -- Apostle -- The Missouri interlude -- The British mission -- Nauvoo -- City of Joseph -- The pioneer trek to the Great Basin -- To Zion, 1848 -- The colonizer president -- President of the Church -- Indians: friendship and caution -- Governor of Utah -- The "invasion" of Utah -- Babylon wars: Zion grows -- Governor and counselor -- Public image and private reality -- Protecting the kingdom -- Responding to the challenges of the 1870s -- The last year. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [500]-509. |
| Subject |
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Presidents -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0394510224 |
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