Thomas G. Alexander is Lemuel Hardison Redd Jr. Professor Emeritus of Western American History at Brigham Young University and the author of numerous articles and books on Mormon history and the American West, including Mormonism in Transition: A History of the Latter-day Saints, 1890-1930 and Things in Heaven and Earth: The Life and Times of Wilford Woodruff, a Mormon Prophet.

Thomas Alexander has crafted a signal contribution - an eloquent and judicious portrait of one of nineteenth-century America's most controversial religious and political figures. Here is a fresh examination of Brigham Young and his relationship with the Mormon people, the land they settled, and the many non-Mormon officials and officers who threatened the kingdom he built."" - John Turner, author of Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet

Thomas G. Alexander is Lemuel Hardison Redd Jr. Professor Emeritus of Western American History at Brigham Young University and the author of numerous articles and books on Mormon history and the American West, including Mormonism in Transition: A History of the Latter-day Saints, 1890-1930 and Things in Heaven and Earth: The Life and Times of Wilford Woodruff, a Mormon Prophet.

Thomas Alexander has crafted a signal contribution - an eloquent and judicious portrait of one of nineteenth-century America's most controversial religious and political figures. Here is a fresh examination of Brigham Young and his relationship with the Mormon people, the land they settled, and the many non-Mormon officials and officers who threatened the kingdom he built."" - John Turner, author of Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet

Thomas G. Alexander is Lemuel Hardison Redd Jr. Professor Emeritus of Western American History at Brigham Young University and the author of numerous articles and books on Mormon history and the American West, including Mormonism in Transition: A History of the Latter-day Saints, 1890-1930 and Things in Heaven and Earth: The Life and Times of Wilford Woodruff, a Mormon Prophet.

Thomas Alexander has crafted a signal contribution - an eloquent and judicious portrait of one of nineteenth-century America's most controversial religious and political figures. Here is a fresh examination of Brigham Young and his relationship with the Mormon people, the land they settled, and the many non-Mormon officials and officers who threatened the kingdom he built."" - John Turner, author of Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet