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Things in Heaven and Earth The Life and Times of Wilford Woodruff, a Mormon Prophet by Thomas G. Alexander Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1991 (484p.) |
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Summary: Wilford Woodruff converted to the LDS church in 1833, he joined a millenarian group of a few thousand persecuted believers clustered around Kirtland, Ohio. When he died sixty-five years later in 1898, he was the leader of more than a quarter of a million followers worldwide who were on the verge of entering the mainstream of American culture. As church doctrines and practices evolved, Woodruff himself changed. The author examines the secular and religious development of Woodruff's world view from apocalyptic mystic to pragmatic conciliator. He also reveals the gentle, solitary farmer; the fisherman and horticulturalist; the family man with seven wives; the charismatic preacher of the Mormon Reformation; the astute businessman; the urbane, savvy politician who courted the favor of prominent Republicans in California and Oregon (Leland Stanford and Isaac Trumbo); and the vulnerable romantic who pursued the affections of Lydia Mountford, an international lecturer and Jewish rights advocate. He traces a faithful polygamist who ultimately embraced the Christian Home movement and settled comfortably into a monogamous relationship in an otherwise typically Victorian setting. [from publisher blurb] Annotations: Included in 60 Significant Mormon Biographies Awards: 1991 Mormon History Association Best Book More info at publisher website http://www.signaturebooks.com/heaven.htm HBLL Call No: BX 8670.1 .W868aL 1991 | ||||||||
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