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Brigham Young

Pioneer Prophet

John G. Turner

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ISBN 9780674416857

Publication Date: 10/06/2014

512 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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John G. Turner is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at George Mason University.

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Read the unsettled personal response of the Mormon editor of the Odgen, Utah, Standard-Examiner to learning more about Brigham Young
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At the Huffington Post, read Turner’s findings about Brigham Young’s storied polygamy—and view a slideshow of historical documents that includes photographs of some of his 55 wives
In the New York Times, read an essay by Turner about the Mormon church’s history of racism and why we might be experiencing a “Mormon moment”
In the Wall Street Journal, read Turner’s coverage of the Hill Cumorah Pageant, which dramatizes Mormonism’s founding scripture, and of a rare open house at a Mormon temple
In the Washington Post, read Turner’s thoughts on how Mitt Romney’s Mormonism impacts his chances in the upcoming presidential election
Read Turner’s posts at the New York Times Civil War blog Disunion and at the religion and spirituality website Patheos
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Awards & Accolades

2013 Best Biography Award, Mormon History Association

2013 Francis Armstrong Madsen Best Utah History Book Award, Utah State Historical Society

A Booklist Top 10 Religion & Spirituality Title of 2012

A Foreign Affairs Best Book on the United States, 2012

A Meridian Magazine Top 12 Non-fiction Book of 2012

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, 2012

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