1943 — Sam Brannan and the California Mormons — Paul Bailey — Hardbound; No Dust Jacket

This is a hardbound and is in good to fair used condition. Hardbound but no dust cover.

Sam Brannan and the California Mormons by Paul Bailey is a historical biography, first published in 1943 with a foreword by John A. Widtsoe, that tells the story of Samuel Brannan (1819–1889) and the role he and other Latter-day Saints played in early California history. The book chronicles Brannan’s leadership of the Mormon pioneer group that sailed aboard the Brooklyn to California in 1846, the establishment of Mormon settlements in the region, Brannan’s founding of the California Star newspaper in San Francisco, and the “full impact of the Mormon influence on California’s history,” including the early days of the Gold Rush and the complex interactions between Church members and broader society in mid-19th-century California.

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