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The Prophet and the Reformer - The Letters of Brigham Young and Thomas L. Kane (Hardcover)
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The Prophet and the Reformer - The Letters of Brigham Young and Thomas L. Kane (Hardcover)
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Brigham Young and Thomas L. Kane first met on the plains of western
Iowa in 1846 The Mormon prophet and the Philadelphia reformer would
go on to exchange more than one hundred letters over the next three
decades. This annotated collection of their correspondence reveals
a great deal about these two remarkable men, while also providing
crucial insight into nineteenth-century Mormonism and the
historical moment in which the movement developed. Until his death
in 1877, Young guided the religious, economic, and political life
of the Mormon community, whose settlements spread throughout the
West and provoked a profound political, legal, and even military
confrontation with the American nation. Young relied on Kane, 21
years his junior, as his most trusted outside adviser, making Kane
the most important non-Mormon in the history of the Church. In
return, no one influenced the direction of Kane's life more than
Young. The surviving letters offer crucial insights into Young's
personal life and views as well as his actions as a political and
religious leader. The correspondence reveals the strategies of the
Latter-day Saints in relating to American culture and government
during these crucial years when the "Mormon Question" was a major
political, cultural, and legal issue. The letters also shed
important light on the largely forgotten "Utah War" of 1857-58,
triggered when President James Buchanan dispatched a military
expedition to ensure federal supremacy in Utah and replace Young
with a non-Mormon governor. The Prophet and the Reformer offers a
complete reproduction of the exchange between Young and Kane, and
provides an introduction to each letter that contextualizes and
analyzes it.
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