birth_date: 1906-07-12 00:00:00
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name: Paul Dayton Bailey
about: Paul Dayton Bailey was a publisher, editor, and author. He was a prolific chronicler of the Mormon Church and the American West. He was born in American Fork, Utah on 12 July 1906. He left home at age 13 to travel the rails until 1922, when he returned to Salt Lake City and enrolled at the University of Utah. He began his career as a journalist working as a reporter for the Salt Lake Telegram. In 1943 he purchased the Eagle Rock Advertiser and also started Westernlore Press to publish his and other authors books, in Los Angeles, California. Baily wrote and published over forty books on western history, as well as articles, book reviews, and tributes. His works include Polygamy Was Better Than Monotony (1972), Holy Smoke, a dissertation on t Paul Dayton Bailey was a publisher, editor, and author. He was a prolific chronicler of the Mormon Church and the American West. He was born in American Fork, Utah on 12 July 1906. He left home at age 13 to travel the rails until 1922, when he returned to Salt Lake City and enrolled at the University of Utah. He began his career as a journalist working as a reporter for the Salt Lake Telegram. In 1943 he purchased the Eagle Rock Advertiser and also started Westernlore Press to publish his and other authors books, in Los Angeles, California. Baily wrote and published over forty books on western history, as well as articles, book reviews, and tributes. His works include Polygamy Was Better Than Monotony (1972), Holy Smoke, a dissertation on the Utah War (1978), For This My Glory: a Story of a Mormon Life (1940), An Unnatural History of Death Valley: With Reflections on the Valley's Varmints (1978), Virgins, Vandals, and Visionaries (1978), and several biographies.Paul Bailey died in Claremont, California on October 26, 1987 and is buried in Fillmore, Utah.(source: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:...) ...more
death_date: 1987-10-26 00:00:00