Shortly before the turn of this century, a young criminal lawyer practicing in Salt Lake City, published on the back of one of his own pamphlets the following advertisement: “I want all books on the…
Mormons know Governor Romney, Billy Casper, Gene Fullmer, and Grant Johannesen. Most have heard of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms. Fewer know of Gershwin, Bernstein, Copland, Bloch. But who can name the Church’s only living composer of…
Dr. Landau, a specialist in child development at the University of Utah, has compiled a warm and sensitive book of advice for parents. The book consists of short discussions on special topics, many edited from…
This volume by Dr. Madsen, Professor of Philosophy at the Brigham Young University, consists of seven essays. The first, “Whence Cometh Man?” raises philosophical problems which become the subjects of the six essays which follow.…
Howard R. Lamar, professor of history at Yale University and author of Dakota Territory, 1861-1899: A Study of Frontier Politics (1956), has extended his investigations to the Far Southwest and produced a scholarly, highly readable,…
In January, 1863, when Union fortunes were low in the Civil War, the governor of the self-proclaimed State of Deseret (Utah) sent these words to the legislature of that quasi-government: This body of men will…
Mr. Newquist attempts in this book to present a particular view of the relationship between the doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and current political, economic, and social philosophy. The method…
Joseph Smith prophesied that the time would come when the United States Constitution would hang by a thread; and he indicated that if it were preserved it would be by the Latter-day Saints. The Mormon…
“I am the captain of my soul.” W.E.H. Well sir, I have with trickery and wicked suretyset irremediable courses, have by long habit fixed as my sole owner myself, have practically eradicated from consideration all suggestions offered freely by…
Let him, who hangs between two poles (approval-disapproval), who fits or does not fit the occasion according to conscience, alone. His will is not his own. He is the child of cant. His ubiquitous parent peers preponderantand always over the rims of thin…