The Prophet and the Reformer
The Letters of Brigham Young and Thomas L. Kane
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2015
978-0-19-991087-8 (ISBN)
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Until his death in 1877, Brigham 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 first met Thomas L. Kane on the plains of western Iowa in 1846. Young came to rely 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 letters exchanged by the two offer crucial insights into Young's personal life and views as well as his actions as a political and religious leader. The Prophet and the Reformer offers a complete reproduction of the surviving letters between the Mormon prophet and the Philadelphia reformer. 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.
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.
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Matthew J. Grow is director of publications for the Church Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a general editor of the Joseph Smith Papers. His first two books, "Liberty to the Downtrodden": Thomas L. Kane, Romantic Reformer and Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism (with Terryl L. Givens), have both received a Best Book of the Year award from the Mormon History Association.
Ronald W. Walker has lived the past thirty-five years in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is Professor Emeritus of History at Brigham Young University and is the award-winning author or co-author of more than five dozen scholarly articles and seven books.
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Editorial Method
Introduction
Letters
1. Young to Kane, August 2, 1846
2. Kane to Young, September 10, 1846
3. Kane to Young, September 22, 1846
4. Kane to Young, November 5, 1846
5. Kane to Young, December 2, 1846
6. Young to Kane, December 6, 1847
7. Kane to Young, December 9, 1847
8. Young to Kane, February 9, 1848
9. Kane to Young, March 14, 1848
10. Young to Kane, May 9, 1848
11. Young to Kane, October 20, 1849
12. Kane to Young, July 11, 1850
13. Kane to Young, September 24, 1850
14. Kane to Young, February 19, 1851
15. Kane to Young, February 21, 1851
16. Kane to Young, April 7, 1851
17. Kane to Young, April 7, 1851
18. Kane to Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Willard Richards, July 29, 1851
19. Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Willard Richards to Kane, September 15, 1851
20. Young to Kane, May 29, 1852
21. Kane to Young, October 17, 1852
22. Young to Kane, May 20, 1853
23. Kane to Young, July 18, 1853
24. Young to Kane, January 31, 1854
25. Kane to Young, April 28, 1854
26. Young to Kane, June 29, 1854
27. Young to Kane, October 30, 1854
28. Kane to Young, January 5, 1855
29. Kane to Young, July 10, 1855
30. Young to Kane, September 30, 1855
31. Young to Kane, April 14, 1856
32. Young to Kane, January 7, 1857
33. Young to Kane, January 31, 1857
34. Kane to Young, March 1857
35. Kane to Young, May 21, 1857
36. Young to Kane, June 29, 1857
37. Young to Kane, September 12, 1857
38. Kane to Young, February 17, 1858
39. Kane to Young, ca. February 25, 1858
40. Kane to Young, February 25, 1858
41. Young to Kane, March 9, 1858
42. Young to Kane, March 15, 1858
43. Kane to Young, ca. March 16, 1858
44. Young to Kane, April 17, 1858
45. Young to Kane, May 8, 1858
46. Young to Kane, May 12, 1858
47. Kane to Young, July 5, 1858
48. Kane to Young, July 18, 1858
49. Young to Kane, August 6, 1858
50. Kane to Young, August 25, 1858
51. Young to Kane, September 1, 1858
52. Young to Kane, September 10, 1858
53. Young to Kane, October 22, 1858
54. Young to Kane, October 29, 1858
55. Young to Kane, November 22, 1858
56. Young to Kane, January 14, 1859
57. Young to Kane, May 3, 1859
58. Kane to Young, July 24, 1859
59. Young to Kane, September 17, 1859
60. Young to Kane, December 15, 1859
61. Young to Kane, March 22, 1860
62. Kane to Young, April 25, 1860
63. Young to Kane, April 26, 1860
64. Kane to Young, August 15, 1860
65. Young to Kane, September 27, 1860
66. Young to Kane, September 21, 1861
67. Kane to Young, November 23, 1861
68. Young to Kane, April 29, 1864
69. Young to Kane, April 15, 1866
70. Young to Kane, November 9, 1867
71. Young to Kane, May 4, 1869
72. Kane to Young, October 13, 1869
73. Young to Kane, October 15, 1869
74. Young to Kane, October 26, 1869
75. Young to Kane, February 14, 1870
76. Kane to Young, March 20, 1870
77. Kane to Young, June 18, 1870
78. Young to Kane, August 16, 1870
79. Young to Kane, April 16, 1871
80. Young to Kane, September 27, 1871
81. Kane to Young, October 12, 1871
82. Kane to Young, November 9, 1871
83. Kane to Young, November 30, 1871
84. Young to Kane, March 5, 1872
85. Kane to Young, October 16, 1872
86. Young to Kane, October 31, 1872
87. Kane to Young, April 2, 1873
88. Kane to Young, April 4, 1873
89. Kane to Young, April 15, 1873
90. Young to Kane, May 7, 1873
91. Young to Kane, July 31, 1873
92. Young to Kane, November 16, 1873
93. Kane to Young, December 4, 1873
94. Kane to Young, September 12, 1875
95. Kane to Young, May 28, 1876
96. Kane to Young, October 21, 1876
97. Kane to Young, February 8, 1877
98. Kane to Young, March 2, 1877
99. Kane to Young, March 2, 1877
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