The States and the Nation Series is a set of histories of each state and the District of Columbia “designed to assist the American people in a serious look at the ideals they […]
[…] he and Mother shared, wraps in rough blankets, gets cold easily, remembers nothing of now, knows the world as it was then, intimately, as he knew her. Sleeps soundly. I sit in front of […]
Who made the world, my child? Father made the rain silver and forever. Mother’s hand drew riverbeds and hollowed seas, drew riverbeds and hollowed seas to bring the rain home.
[…] I have been accused of forging this letter and of taking unfair advantage of President Smith. Let the readers judge. I am personally grateful that the Church has not been caught in the position […]
Following the phenomenal success of his book-turned-TV mini-series, Alex Haley described his work Roots as “faction,” a careful combination of history and fiction. Using what names, dates and places he could find in the records as a skeleton, […]
[…] And they might be right, for there are far too many cultural and historical parallels in Old World writings and the Book of Mormon which hadn’t found the light of day when Joseph Smith […]
“Whoa.” Benjamin Vaughn pulled back on the lines and stopped his four horse team. It was midmorning and he had just finished cutting his ten-acre patch of barley. With the binder stopped, Ben grasped […]
As every author knows, the blurb on the dust cover of a book is of vital importance, because many reviewers read nothing else. I found the blurb of Thy Kingdom Come invaluable after reading […]
[…] deals with a family’s attempt at coping with and adjusting to violence, terror, loss and a subsequent search for identity as individuals and as a family. As the body of Saints has to deal […]