M. Guy Bishop

Local History, Well Done | Brigham D. Madsen, Corinne: The Gentile Capital of Utah

According to a myth which circulated in Utah during the 1870s, Brigham Young had placed a curse on the town of Corinne and prophesied that the community’s ungodly existence would be short-lived. In Corinne: The…

Mormonism from the Top Down | Gordon Shepherd and Gary Shepherd, A Kingdom Transformed: Themes in the Development of Mormonism

A Kingdom Transformed is required reading for anyone who may feel that statistical analysis can make only negligible contributions to the study of Mormon history and culture. Those who were already believers in the value…

After Sutter’s Mill: The Life of Henry Bigler, 1848-1900

Henry William Bigler marched west with the Mormon Battalion during the Mexican War (1846-47) and by January 1848 was an employee of Johann Sutter, constructing a saw mill on the American River northeast of Sacra…

History for the People | Dean L. May, Utah: A People’s History

Dean L. May has tackled a difficult problem in this brief survey of Utah’s history. First of all, his book came after the successful media presentation of the same material instead of vice versa, as…

“What Has Become of Our Fathers?” Baptism for the Dead at Nauvoo

Dialogue 23.2 (Summer 1990): 85–97
Chronicling the history  of baptizing for the dead during the Nauvoo Period, this article introduces the practice from the first baptizers to how it was altered after Joseph Smith’s death.

A New Synthesis: Exiles in a Land of Liberty: Mormons in America, 1830-1846 by Kenneth H. Winn

“In Obedience There Is Peace and Joy Unspotted”: Solemn Covenant: The Mormon Polygamous Passage by B. Carmon Hardy

Celebrating Utah’s Centennial: Charter for Statehood: The Story of Utah’s State Constitution by Jean Bickmore White

The Life of a Controversial Biographer: Fawn McKay Brodie: A Biographer’s Life by Newell G. Bringhurst

Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows, by Will Bagley

A New Look at Old Sites on Mountain Meadows: Historical Topography, by Morris A. Shirts and Frances Anne Smeath