REVIEW: Behind the Scenes Tour of the Kirtland Temple From Basement to Bell Tower

Behind the Scenes Tour of the Kirtland Temple From Basement to Bell Tower Author: Ronald Romig Published by: John Whitmer Books Genre: Non-Fiction – History Published: 2019, Paper binding, 72 pages ISBN: 978-1934901205 Price: 9.95 Between the twenty-seventh of December … Continue reading

Book Review: “Faith and Intellect: The Lives and Contributions of Latter-day Saint Thinkers”

Title: “Faith and Intellect: The Lives and Contributions of Latter-day Saint Thinkers” Author: Leonard Arrington, Edited by: Gary Bergera Published by: Signature Books, 2019Genre: Biography Pages: 179 Binding: Paper     ISBN: 978156085275951459   Price: 14.95 A little over a decade … Continue reading

Review: Utah Politics: The Elephant in the Room

Title: Utah Politics: The Elephant in the Room Author: Rod Decker Published by: Signature Books, 2019, 404 pages, Paper binding  ISBN:  978-1560852728, Price: 24.95 Candidates debate during the 2019 Salt Lake City mayoral race. One is Mormon and one is not, … Continue reading

NO BEATLE CUTS!

The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show At the 2019 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium Clair Von Barrus, Todd Compton, and Harold Peterson delivered a fun and fascinating session called “The Beatles, Rock and Roll, and Mormonism”  Todd Compton Reads his … Continue reading

Review: “The Annals of the Southern Mission: A Record of the History of the Settlement of Southern Utah”

James Godson Bleak Title: The Annals of the Southern Mission: A Record of the History of the Settlement of Southern Utah Editors and Contributors: Aaron McArthur and Reid Neilson. Forward: Elder Steven E. Snow Introduction: Brandon J. Metcalf Pages: 850Price: … Continue reading

Review: In A Rugged Land

“In a Rugged Land: Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and the Three Mormon Towns Collaboration, 1953-1954”, James Swensen, University of Utah Press, 2018 Genre: Documentary Photography, History Number of Pages: 340Binding: Paper, Ebook AvailablePrice: Paperback $ 34.95, eBook $ 28.95 Dorothea … Continue reading

Review: “Thunder From the Right: Ezra Taft Benson in Mormonism and Politics”

“Thunder From the Right: Ezra Taft Benson in Mormonism and Politics” – Edited by Matthew L Harris Published by: University of Illinois Press, 2019Number of Pages: 247, Paper Binding and eBook, Cloth by Special orderPrice: Paperback: $27.95, eBook: $14.95, Hardback: … Continue reading

Review: John Pierce Hawley: A Mormon Ulysses of the American West

Title: Life and Times of John Pierce Hawley: A Mormon Ulysses of the American West Author: Melvin JohnsonPublisher: Greg Kofford Books Pages: 210 Year: 2019 Price: Paper $24.95; Cloth $34.95 Odysseus and Scylla by PinkParasol In Book XII of Homer’s … Continue reading