| Pub Date: | 1988 |
| Pages: | 272 pages |
"A brilliant piece of research and writing by one of America's top historians. It is written with style and felicity, and it deals with all the difficult topics that must be probed in describing and interpreting the controversial early history of Mormonism. It is simply an outstanding work."--Leonard J. Arrington, co-author of The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints
Awards:
Winner of the David Woolley Evans and Beatrice Evans Biography Award and a History Book Club selection, 1985.
Subjects:
Western Americana / Biography & Personal Papers / History, Am.: 19th C. / Mormon Studies / Religion