Books by "D. Michael Quinn"
2 books found
This interesting, well-researched biography of the founder of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints covers the 54 years of his presidency, a tenure marked by Mormon factionalism that he succeeded in controlling. The son of the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith III at first resisted succeeding his father as leader and prophet but, as his biographer underscores, his governance from 1860 until his death in 1914 was fiercely committed to the religious legacy of his parent. Differing in style from the elder Smith's "sometimes disastrous impracticality," his son exemplified rugged individualism with a secular pragmatism that sprang from his legal education. An opponent of polygamy, as proclaimed by Brigham Young, the younger Smith established a viable bureaucracy and a style of leadership that characterizes the Mormon community today, notes the author, a military historian.
Oregon Trunk
by Wayne D. Overholser
SPUR AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR Moving across the country like two great claws, rails of shining steel carved their way into the heart of Oregon's vast frontier. The seemingly unstoppable rail lines could go no further when they reached the land of Hanna Racine. She was a beautiful woman, easy to love, but impossible to buy. She controls an empire of brutish men who fight for her love and land, but Hanna chooses to be with a man who belongs to another woman. Soon Hanna finds herself in a land filled with terror and hate, and it seems that independence is the root of the problem.