Archive for 'History' Category

The Silence of God by Gale Sears

Title: The Silence of God Author: Gale Sears Publisher: Deseret Book, Salt Lake City, UT Genre:      historical fiction Year Published:      2010 Number of Pages:  400 pages Binding:  softcover ISBN10: N/A ISBN13: 978-1-60641-655-6 Price: $24.99 Reviewed by Beth Roach for the Association for Mormon Letters What a wonderful book this was to read.  The author weaves [...]

Stories from the Life of Porter Rockwell by John W. Rockwell and Jerry Borrowman

Title: Stories from the Life of Porter Rockwell Author: John W. Rockwell and Jerry Borrowman Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc Genre: Nonfiction Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 176 Binding: Hardcover ISBN-10: 1-60861-005-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-60861-005-1 Price: $18.99 Reviewed by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury for the Association for Mormon Letters This book is not a biography in the formal [...]

Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball, Working Draft by Edward L. Kimball

Title: Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball, Working Draft Author: Edward L. Kimball Publisher: Benchmark Books Genre: Biography Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 665 including index Binding: Hardback ISBN: Price: $99.95 Reviewed by Brent Brizzi for the Association for Mormon Letters In 1995, Edward Kimball, son of President Spencer W. Kimball, [...]

Utah in the Twentieth Century Editors: Brian Q. Cannon and Jessie L. Embry

Title: Utah in the Twentieth Century Editors: Brian Q. Cannon and Jessie L. Embry Publisher: Utah State University Press Genre: Non-fiction Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 400 Binding: Hardcover ISBN10: 087421744X ISBN13: 978-0874217445 Price: $32.95 Reviewed by Russell Anderson for the Association for Mormon Letters Although I have lived in Utah on several different [...]

The Island of Bali is Littered With Prayers by Jeremy Grimshaw

Title:  The Island of Bali is Littered With Prayers Author:  Jeremy Grimshaw Publisher:  Mormon Artists Group – http://www.mormonartistsgroup.com/Mormon_Artists_Group/Bali.html Genre:  Non-fiction Year Published:  2010 Number of Pages:  153 Binding:  Paperback ISBN10:  n/a ISBN13:  9781451505764 Price:  $14.95 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle for the Association for Mormon Letters Images of swaying palm trees, beautiful, bronzed women dancing slowly [...]

Joseph Smith, the Prophet (Illustrated Edition) by Truman G. Madsen

Title: Joseph Smith, the Prophet (Illustrated Edition) Author: Truman G. Madsen Publisher: Deseret Book Genre: Nonfiction Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 248 Binding: Hardcover ISBN13: 978-1-60641-224-4 Price: $49.99 Reviewed by Trevor Holyoak for the Association for Mormon Letters As a youth, I got to know Joseph Smith a little through reading things such as [...]

Band of Sisters by Annette Lyon

Title: Band of Sisters Author: Annette Lyon Publisher: Covenant Communications Year Published: 2010 Binding: Paperback Number of Pages: 274 Genre: Fiction ISBN-13:978-1-59811-852-0 Price: $15.99 Reviewed by Marilee McQuarrie for the Association for Mormon Letters Band of Sisters is the story of five women who meet weekly for lunch at various restaurants in Provo, Utah and [...]

Jane… A Woman’s Determination and the Wild-West Frontier by Michael R. King

Title: Jane… A Woman’s Determination and the Wild-West Frontier Author: Michael R. King Publisher: IQ Publishing, Inc. Genre: Nonfiction Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 282 Binding: Paperback ISBN-10: 057804384X ISBN-13: 978-057804384-5 Price: $14.00 Reviewed by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury for the Association for Mormon Letters My father was a history buff and he especially loved LDS [...]

Mother’s Daze by Jane Isfeld Still

Title: Mother’s Daze Author: Jane Isfeld Still Publisher: Cedar Fort Genre: Motherhood – Humor Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 83 Binding: Trade Paperback ISBN10: 1933002107 ISBN13: 978-1933002859 Price: $8.99 Reviewed by Russell Y Anderson, Association for Mormon Letters The title is a play on the words “Mother’s day”, but also on the frustration that [...]

Mountain Meadows Massacre: The Andrew Jenson and David H. Morris Collections Editors: Richard E. Turley, Jr., Ronald W. Walker

Title: Mountain Meadows Massacre: The Andrew Jenson and David H. Morris Collections Editors: Richard E. Turley, Jr., Ronald W. Walker Publisher: Brigham Young University Press/University of Utah Press Genre: History Year: 2009 Pages: 342+ index ISBN: 9780842527231 Binding: Cloth Price: $44.95 Reviewed by Blair Dee Hodges Andrew Jenson’s 1892 mission call was unique. It was [...]