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Brigham Young Cornerstone

Brigham Young: What Was He Really Like?

There are scores of lesser-known facts from his life that range from coining the term “pony express” to getting a bad rap in the Journal of Discourses.

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19th Century Brigham Young Latter-day Saint History

What’s Really in the Journal of Discourses?

The published versions of these sermons differ—at times significantly—from the original shorthand record.

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Come Follow Me Devotional Latter-day Saint History

I Will Lead You Along: The Life of Henry B. Eyring

“In everything he does, President Eyring seeks to connect people directly with the Lord and deflect any attention from himself.”

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19th Century Brigham Young Latter-day Saint History

Read George D. Watt’s 1851 Journal from Liverpool to Chimney Rock for the First Time

She came running to me, and said, “Ron, I have found a diary of George D. Watt.”

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Brigham Young Entertainment Latter-day Saint History

13 Things You Need to Know about FX’s ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’

‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ is a true crime thriller based on a Jon Krakauer book with a controversial history.

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19th Century Brigham Young Latter-day Saint History

‘Saints’ Volume 2: No Unhallowed Hand

Saints Volume 2: No Unhallowed Hand is the second book in a four-volume history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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American West Brigham Young

Brigham Young and Latter-day Saint Faith

Thomas Alexander is the author Brigham Young and the Expansion of the Mormon Faith (University of Oklahoma University Press, 2019).