Leonard J. Arrington was Lemuel Redd Professor of
Western History at Brigham Young University and the former Director
of the History Division of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. His books include Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History
of the Latter-day Saints, 1830–1900 and coauthor of The
Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints. He died in
1999.
"Arrington gives readers as good a picture as they are likely to
get of the man who assumed leadership of the major part of the
Mormon church when Joseph Smith was assassinated in 1844, led its
members west, and built a church empire in Utah."--R. Laurence
Moore, New York Times Book Review
"A considerable achievement that will doubtless stand for many
years as the most objective and authoritative biography of
Young."--David Brion Davis, New York Review of Books
"Arrington pulls no punches. He writes of the successes as well as
the failures, the conflicts as well as the compassion. The Mountain
Meadows Massacre, polygamy, the United Order, and other
controversial parts of the story are all discussed, neither
underplayed nor sensationalized."--Carma Wadley, Deseret News
"Represents a significant turning point in Mormon historical
scholarship for both Mormons and non-Mormons alike."--Howard R.
Lamar, History Book Club Review
"Should bring new understanding and compassion for one of the most
misunderstood giants in American history."--Don Keown, San
Francisco Examiner-Chronicle
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