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  • Educating for Eternity

    The History of Latter-day Saint Primary and Secondary Schools

    by E. Vance Randall, Scott C. Esplin, Casey Paul Griffiths ...
    Educating for Eternity tells the sweeping story of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its nearly two-century commitment to K12 education, from log cabins in Kirtland to academies across the American West and schools spanning Mexico, the Pacific, and South America. Rooted in a theology that declares “the glory of God is intelligence,” this volume explores how faith, persecution, ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • Raising the Standard of Truth: Exploring the History and Teachings of the Early Restoration

    Edited by Scott C. Esplin ...
    This volume explores events and teachings of the early years of the Restoration of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Featuring scholars from Brigham Young University, the Church History Department, and the Joseph Smith Papers, the collection of prominent materials previously produced by the BYU Religious Studies Center is designed as a companion to personal and family study of the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Return to the City of Joseph

    Modern Mormonism's Contest for the Soul of Nauvoo

    by Scott C. Esplin ...
    In the mid-twentieth century, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) returned to Nauvoo, Illinois, home to the thriving religious community led by Joseph Smith before his murder in 1844. The quiet farm town became a major Mormon heritage site visited annually by tens of thousands of people. Yet Nauvoo's dramatic restoration proved fraught with conflicts. Scott C. Esplin's social ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Far Away in the West

    Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail (Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint History)

    Edited by Scott C. Esplin, Richard E. Bennett, Susan Easton Black ...
    The story of the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo to a new mountain home “far away in the west” still stirs the imagination of writers, artists, historians, and musicians. Letters, diaries, and other manuscript sources continue to be discovered that recount this thrilling chapter in Mormon history. An entire believing people came to trust that they would find their place to worship without fear of ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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  • The Oatman Massacre: A Tale of Desert Captivity and Survival

    A Tale of Desert Captivity and Survival

    by Brian McGinty ...
    The Oatman massacre is among the most famous and dramatic captivity stories in the history of the Southwest. In this riveting account, Brian McGinty explores the background, development, and aftermath of the tragedy.Roys Oatman, a dissident Mormon, led his family of nine and a few other families from their homes in Illinois on a journey west, believing a prophecy that they would find the fertile ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • American Massacre

    The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857

    by Sally Denton ...
    In September 1857, a wagon train passing through Utah laden with gold was attacked. Approximately 140 people were slaughtered; only 17 children under the age of eight were spared. This incident in an open field called Mountain Meadows has ever since been the focus of passionate debate: Is it possible that official Mormon dignitaries were responsible for the massacre? In her riveting book, Sally ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Oh What a Slaughter

    Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890

    by Larry McMurtry ...
    A brilliant and riveting history of the famous and infamous massacres that marked the settling of the American West in the nineteenth century.In Oh What a Slaughter, Larry McMurtry has written a unique, brilliant, and searing history of the bloody massacres that marked—and marred—the settling of the American West in the nineteenth century, and which still provoke immense controversy today.Here are ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • The Oregon Trail

    An American Saga

    by David Dary ...
    A major one-volume history of the Oregon Trail from its earliest beginnings to the present, by a prize-winning historian of the American West.Starting with an overview of Oregon Country in the early 1800s, a vast area then the object of international rivalry among Spain, Britain, Russia, and the United States, David Dary gives us the whole sweeping story of those who came to explore, to exploit, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Devil's Gate

    Brigham Young and the Great Mormon Handcart Tragedy

    by David Roberts ...
    The Mormon handcart tragedy of 1856 is the worst disaster in the history of the Western migrations, and yet it remains virtually unknown today outside Mormon circles.Following the death of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, its second Prophet and new leader, Brigham Young, determined to move the faithful out of the Midwest, where they had been constantly persecuted by their neighbors, to ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Lincoln's Bishop

    A President, A Priest, and the Fate of 300 Dakota Sioux Warriors

    by Gustav Niebuhr ...
    A history of the Dakota War of 1862, an Episcopal bishop, and his campaign to protect the lives of the Dakota Sioux.It is hard to recall what powerful moral voices Protestant church leaders had in the formative years of the nation. Gustav Niebuhr travels back to the Minnesota frontier of 1862 when Dakota Sioux rose up against pioneering families and slaughtered hundreds. Citizens demanded mass ... Read more

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  • The Mountain Meadows Massacre

    by Juanita Brooks ...
    In September 1857, a wagon train of emigrants bound for California met a horrifying fate in a remote Utah valley. What began as reported Indian attacks escalated into one of the most shocking and controversial massacres in American frontier history. The Mountain Meadows Massacre exposes the chilling truth behind this tragic event, where approximately 120 men, women, and children lost their lives ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Massacre at Mountain Meadows

    by Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley, Glen M. Leonard ...
    On September 11, 1857, a band of Mormon militia, under a flag of truce, lured unarmed members of a party of emigrants from their fortified encampment and, with their Paiute allies, killed them. More than 120 men, women, and children perished in the slaughter. Massacre at Mountain Meadows offers the most thoroughly researched account of the massacre ever written. Drawn from documents previously not ... Read more

    $17.99 USD