History of the saints
By: general editor: William G. Hartley ; [with] Glenn Rawson, Dennis Lyman, and Bryant Bush
Publisher: Covenant Communications
Published: 2012
Place of publication: American Fork, Utah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781621081739
Subjects: Mormon Church; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; History
Other titles: Great Mormon exodus and the establishment of Zion; History of the saints :; History of the saints (Television program)
Description: A richly illustrated companion book to the History of the Saints television documentary series produced by Glenn Rawson and Dennis Lyman with videography by Bryant Bush. Alongside striking images from the documentary series, top scholars in LDS history discuss the trials and triumphs of early members of the Church from the martyrdom of Joseph Smith in June 1844 to the Saints' contribution to westward expansion.
Notes: Statement of responsibility from t.p. verso.

A chronology of church history events, portraits and map appear on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Faces turned West  -- by Susan Easton Black -- 2.; title: Exodus from Nauvoo  -- by William G. Hartley -- 3.; title: The Mormon Battalion : a unique military unit  -- by Sherman L. Fleek -- 4.; title: Winter Quarters at the Missouri River  -- by Richard Bennett -- 5.; title: Opening the American West before 1847  -- by Michael N. Landon -- 6.; title: This is the right place  -- by Ronald O. Barney -- 7.; title: Winter Quarters : a legacy of leadership  -- by Richard E. Bennett -- 8.; title: Surviving the first year in the valley  -- by William G. Hartley -- 9.; title: Mormons in California  -- by Michael N. Landon -- 10.; title: The development of Great Salt Lake  -- by W. Randall Dixon -- 11.; title: "Deseret" and Utah's early governments  -- by Ronald W. Walker -- 12.; title: Colonies and settlements to 1857  -- Thomas G. Alexander -- 13. Kanesville and the Nauvoo exodus / -- by William G. Hartley -- 14.; title: The gathering of Zion : ships, wagons, and funds  -- by William G. Hartley -- 15.; title: Settling and colonizing the American West -- by Thomas G. Alexander.