Leonard Arrington and the writing of Mormon history /Gregory A. Prince.
Description
Ancestry: straight from the soil -- A childhood with chickens -- Enchanted by economics: the University of Idaho -- Idaho boy in graduate school -- A woman named Grace -- World War II: the volunteer nobody wanted -- Becoming Dr. Arrington -- Great Basin Kingdom: saga of a saga -- The academic years and the move to greener pastures -- The Church Historian's Office -- A portrait of Leonard -- Walking a spiritual path -- Promoting Mormon history: the pre-Church Historian years -- Church Historian: the "Camelot" years -- The bureaucracy -- Promoting Mormon history: the Church Historian years -- Blessed damozels -- First fruits -- RLDS: finding common ground with the cousins -- Storm clouds -- The revelation -- Disassembly -- What went wrong? -- Grace's decline -- Transitions -- Brigham Young: American Moses -- Controlling the story -- Mark Hoffman -- The September Six -- Adventures of a Church Historian -- Legacy.
xv, 540 pages ;27 cm
Book Details
Author
Prince, Gregory A.,1948-aut
Place Published
City
Salt Lake City
Date Published
2016
Publication Subjects
Mormon Church--History.
Mormon Church.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01026221
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--(DLC)n 80126081
Arrington, Leonard J.--(DLC)n 78086398
Call No.
BX8695 .A77 P75 2016
ISBN
9781607814795, 160781479X
LCCN
2015050433
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-524) and index.
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