Brigham Young: Sovereign in America

by David Vaughn Mason

Book Overview

Brigham Young was one of the most influential--and controversial--Mormon leaders in American history. An early follower of the new religion, he led the cross-continental migration of the Mormon people from Illinois to Utah, where he built a vast religious empire that was both revolutionary and authoritarian, radically different from yet informed by the existing culture of the U.S. With his powerful personality and sometimes paradoxical convictions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415844843
• ISBN13: 9780415844840
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"