Ebook {Epub PDF} Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet by John G. Turner

 · by John G. Turner. I suspect that John G. Turner’s Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet will be the definitive biography of Brigham Young for the next few decades. Overall, this is a good thing. But it may also be a troubling thing, at least for some bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 11 mins. Review of John G. Turner. Brigham Young: Pioneer bltadwin.rudge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp., with photos, maps, and index. $ hardcover. Reviewed by David J. Howlett Six years ago after a Mormon History Association conference session, I remarked to the random scholar sitting next to me how topics on nine-Author: Reviewed by David J. Howlett. brigham young pioneer prophet john g turner Brigham Young - Pioneer Prophet 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.

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. Brigham Young was a complex man. He inspired thousands of Latter-day Saints to make an arduous trek to the west after Joseph Smith was murdered, but he could also be more rough and course than most contemporary Mormons might realize. Harvard University Press recently published a new biography of the Mormon prophet written by John G. Turner. John G. Turner, an assistant professor of religious studies at George Mason University, used a novelist's convention by beginning his scholarly biography of Brigham Young near the end of the story. The opening paragraphs take the reader to St. George in and the dedication of Utah's first temple with the author summarizing Young's sermon.

Review of John G. Turner. Brigham Young: Pioneer bltadwin.rudge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp., with photos, maps, and index. $ hardcover. Reviewed by David J. Howlett Six years ago after a Mormon History Association conference session, I remarked to the random scholar sitting next to me how topics on nine-. John G. Turner's new biography of Brigham Young portrays a social experiment, the most ambitious in American history, that until Young's death in explicitly rejected the core values of Victorian capitalism: possessive individualism and Darwinian competition. Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet. A prophet, colonizer, and politician who led his people to the Great Basin. “Brigham Young is a landmark work There is no aspect of Young’s fascinating life that eludes Turner’s scrutiny.”—Alex Beam, The New York Times Book Review Publisher website; Amazon.