Archive for 'Biography' Category

Always a Cowboy by Will Bagley

Title: Always a Cowboy – Judge Wilson McCarthy and the Rescue of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Author: Will Bagley Publisher: Utah State University Press Genre: Biography, Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, Western History, Mormon Biography Year Published: 2008 Number of pages: 316, including bibliography and index Binding: Hardcover ISBN-10: n.a. ISBN-13: [...]

Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations by James N. Kimball and Kent Miles

Title:  Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations Author: James N. Kimball and Kent Miles Publisher: Handcart Books Genre: Biographies Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 227 Binding: Paper ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-0-9801406-1-3 Price: $18.95 Reviewed by Laura Compton We’ve all heard the stories of the amazing feats of 19th-Century Mormon women who crossed continents, sacrificed nearly [...]

Soldier Slaves by James W. Parkinson and Lee Benson

Title: Soldier Slaves Authors: James W. Parkinson and Lee Benson Publisher: Genesis Publishing Genre: Non-fiction Year Published: 2006 Number of Pages: 236 Binding: Hardback ISBN-10: n/a ISBN-13: 978-1-59114-204-1 Price: $20.00 Reviewed by Jaymie Reynolds In theory, the book Soldier Slaves is a much needed reminder for men and women in this country. In a day [...]

Catholic Roots, Mormon Harvest by Eric Shuster

Title: Catholic Roots, Mormon Harvest Author: Eric Shuster Publisher: Cedar Fort, Inc. Genre: Non-fiction Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 266 Binding: Quality Paperback ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-1-59955-257-6 Price: $17.99 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle Yeah, we get it. You were Catholic, now you’re Mormon. You once were lost, and now you’re found. Yawn. Please, LDS [...]

40 Ways to Look at Brigham Young: A New Approach to a Remarkable Man by Chad Orton and William Slaughter

Title: 40 Ways to Look at Brigham Young: A New Approach to a Remarkable Man Author: Chad Orton and William Slaughter Publisher: Deseret Book Genre: Biography/Historical Year Published: 2008 Number of Pages: 323 Binding: Paper ISBN: 13: 978-1-59038-786-3 Price: $21.95 Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton Brigham Young. Few names in Utah or Mormondom stir more varied [...]

Mormon Women: Portraits & Conversations by James N. Kimball and Kent Miles

Title: Mormon Women: Portraits & Conversations Authors: James N. Kimball and Kent Miles Publisher: Handcart Books, a division of White Horse Books Genre: Non-Fiction Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 227 Binding: Quality paperback ISBN: 978-0-9801406-1-3 Price: $18.95 ($14.95 online price at www.handcartbooks.com) Reviewed by Lisa Olsen Tait I loved this book. That could be my [...]