[…] shall introduce into public affairs the principles of a primitive Christianity, will change the face of the world.” It is unfortunate that the insights into this aspect of Hinckley’s life are so limited. If […]
Dr. Mortensen’s book is readable; it has a flowing style and is brief. The author is entertaining, effectively using case vignettes to illustrate his points. Perhaps because of the brevity and ease of reading I…
[…] as one would expect, the letters tell us little about Elizabeth’s soul. It would be instructive to read Elizabeth’s own journal to which she often refers in her letters. The letters, however, make a […]
[…] read like case histories. They are presented to make a point rather than to create a believable world. They are trivial in the root sense of that word—crossroads gossip—commonplace, unshaped by the artistic magic […]
[…] to explain some aspects of institutions dealing with death. All the essays are short, congenial and easily read. They tend to be anecdotal, with a potpourri of facts, conjectures and suggestions. The reader can […]
[…] straggling hairs.” The “cunning eyes,” “projecting eyebrows,” “thick nose” and “pinched-up lips” had behavioral meaning for the readers of the last century. Brigham Young was the favorite Mormon target of physiognomy. An anti-Mormon novelist, […]
[…] about some ethical problems, it will not fundamentally change the need to live by faith in a world that we do not fully comprehend. The Lord may have placed very few constraints on us […]
This recent publication is the best one volume history of Utah available, but it is not as good as it could or should be. The ideal volume would present a clear narrative, be integrated by…
[…] John W. Woolley and Daniel R. Bateman, both of whom lived and died affirming its validity. The reader thus gradually begins to notice that Anderson hopes to destroy fundamentalist faith with the same weapons […]
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, he proceeded…