The Prophet and the Reformer: The Letters of Brigham Young and Thomas L. Kane - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195397738 ISBN 13: 9780195397734

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2015

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[ The Prophet and the Reformer: The Letters of Brigham Young and Thomas L. Kane By ( Author ) Jun-2015 Hardcover

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Until his death in 1877, Brigham Young guided the religious, economic, and political life of the Mormon community, whose settlements spread throughout the West and provoked a profound political, legal, and even military confrontation with the American nation. Young first met Thomas L. Kane on the plains of western Iowa in 1846. Young came to rely on Kane, 21 years his junior, as his most trusted outside adviser, making Kane the most important non-Mormon in the history of the Church. In return, no one influenced the direction of Kane's life more than Young. The letters exchanged by the two offer crucial insights into Young's personal life and views, as well as his actions as a political and religious leader. The Prophet and the Reformer offers a complete reproduction of the surviving letters between the Mormon prophet and the Philadelphia reformer. The correspondence reveals the strategies of the Latter-day Saints in relating to American culture and government during these crucial years when the "Mormon Question" was a major political, cultural, and legal issue. The letters also shed important light on the largely forgotten "Utah War" of 1857-58, triggered when President James Buchanan dispatched a military expedition to ensure federal supremacy in Utah and replace Young with a non-Mormon governor.

This annotated collection of their correspondence reveals a great deal about these two remarkable men, while also providing crucial insight into nineteenth-century Mormonism and the historical moment in which the movement developed.

About the Author:

Matthew J. Grow is director of publications for the Church Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a general editor of the Joseph Smith Papers. His first two books, "Liberty to the Downtrodden": Thomas L. Kane, Romantic Reformer and Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism (with Terryl L. Givens), have both received a Best Book of the Year award from the Mormon History Association.

Ronald W. Walker has lived the past thirty-five years in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is Professor Emeritus of History at Brigham Young University and is the award-winning author or co-author of more than five dozen scholarly articles and seven books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0195397738
• ISBN 13: 9780195397734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 568
• Editor: Grow Matthew J., Walker Ronald W.