The Story of the Mormons: From the Date of Their Origin to the Year 1901 (Classic Reprint) Paperback - 2015

Pomeroy Tucker, the author of Origin and Progress of the Mormons (new York, was personally acquainted with the Smiths and with Harris and Cowdery before and after the appearance of the Mormon Bible. He read a good deal of the proof of the original edition of that book as it was going through the press, and was present during many of the negotiations with Grandin about its publication. His testimony in regard to early matters connected with the Church is important.

Two non-mormons who had an early view of the church in Utah and who put their observations in book form were B. G. Ferris (utah and the Mor mons, New York, 1854 and 1856) and Lieutenant J. W. Gunnison of the United States Topographical Engineers (the Mormons, Philadelphia, Both of these works contain interesting pictures of life in Utah in those early days.

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