Mormon History Association - recommended books

Recommended Books
	General Mormon History
	New York Beginnings
	Kirtland Period
	Missouri Period
	Nauvoo Period
	Utah Period
	Utah War
	Economic LDS History
	Mormon Battalion (Mexican War)
	Mormon Polygamy
	Mountain Meadows Massacre
	Biographies
	Other
	Bibliography
	Extensive Works

Recommended Books - General History

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The Story of the Latter-day Saints

Allen, James B. and Glen M.Leonard, Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, UT.

Book Description:

This comprehensive,one-volume history of the Church by James B. Allen and Glen M. Lenord features historical maps, documents, and more than one hundred photographs.

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Essentials in Church History
Smith, Joseph Fielding, Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, UT.
Book Description: A History of the Church from the Birth of Joseph Smith to the Present Time With Introductory Chapters on the Antiquity. Buy it now!

The Mormon Experience

*Arrington, Leonard J. and Davis Bitton, Vintage Books, New York, NY

Online Book Review:

The best history of the Latter-Day Saints addressed to a general audience now includes a new preface, an epilogue, and a bibliographical afterword. "This is without a doubt the definitive Mormon history".--Library Journal.

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Received MHA's Best Book Award -- 1979

Historical Atlas of Mormonism
Brown, S. Kent, Donald Q. Cannon, Richard H. Jackson, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY.
Editorial Review: From Book News, Inc. Comprises 74 articles--each with its own brief bibliography and at least one two-color map--contributed by 52 authors. The contributions describe and illustrate Mormon history and practice, with coverage of migration routes, settlements, worldwide mission centers, population distribution, voting patterns, paths of the early missionaries, historic sites, and visitors' centers, among other topics. Buy it now!

Father Figure: Joseph Smith III and the Creation of the Reorganized Church

Roger Launius , Herald House, 1990, Independence, Mo.

Editorial Review

An insightful look at the man who served as President of the Reorganized Church from 1860 –1914 and to whom many scattered Saints of the Restoration looked for moderate leadership and prophetic guidance.

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Received MHA's Best Book Award in 1990