The Life of Orson F. Whitney
Subtitle: historian, poet, apostle
By: Dennis B. Horne
Publisher: CFI; Cedar Fort; Cedar Fort, Inc.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Springville, Utah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9781462114313
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Biography; Apostles; Mormon Church; Historians; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Description: The history of Orson F. Whitney, a prominent early member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early years, 1855-1876; title: First mission, to Pennsylvania and Ohio, 1876-1878; title: Employment, bishopric, courtship, marriage, 1878-1881; title: Second mission, to London and Liverpool, 1881-1883; title: Earning a living, shepherding a ward, and doctrinal detours, 1883-1886; title: A rising influence in the Church, 1886-1887; title: Of wives and doctrine, 1888-1889; title: Learning from Lorenzo Snow and others, 1889-1894; title: The history of Whitney's History of Utah, 1890-1908; title: Professor, politician, and private speculator, 1895-1898; title: Whitney's watershed years, part 1, 1898-1900; title: Whitney's watershed years, part 2, 1898-1900; title: Elias: an epic of the ages; and other events, 1900-1906; title: Called as an apostle of the Lord, 1906; title: The adventures of Race Whitney; title: Elder Whitney goes to work, 1906-1909; title: New polygamy, evolution, and Laura Hickman, 1909-1910; title: Orson, Laura, and Dick, 1910-1912; title: Writing and speaking in the ministry, 1912-1914; title: Reading, writing, and romancing, 1915-1921; title: European mission president, 1921-1922; title: Recovery, 1922-1924; title: A marvelous ministry is renewed and concludes, 1924-1931.