Papa Married a Mormon
10 best books like Papa Married a Mormon (John D. Fitzgerald): Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story, The Story of a Bad Boy, The Other Side of Heaven, Letters to a Young Mormon, David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism, In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith, Mormon Scientist: The Life and Faith of Henry Eyring, The Simeon Solution: One Woman's Spiritual Odyssey, Vows: The Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Their Son, The Price We Paid: The Extraordinary Story of the Willie and Martin Handcart Pioneers
Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story
| Author | S.D. Nelson |
| ISBN | 1419703552 |
This fascinating picture book biography tells the childhood story of Buffalo Bird Woman, a Hidatsa Indian born around 1839. Through her true story, readers will learn what it was like to be part of this Native American community that lived along the Missouri River in the Dakotas, a society that depended...
| Author | Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
| ISBN | 1406806641 |
In a time when children's books were populated with well-behaved little gentlemen, Thomas Bailey Aldrich dared to present an alternative point of view - childhood as he remembered it. Tom Bailey is no angel. At times a bully, a vandal, and a troublemaker, he has a healthy zest for life and a perhaps over-developed...
Nearly forty years have passed since I began my first mission to Tonga. At the urging of many people whom I admire, I have attempted to describe some of the experiences and feelings I encountered those many years ago. The main purpose of this book is to emphasize the overwhelming need for faith in our lives....
Letters to a Young Mormon
| Author | Adam S. Miller |
| ISBN | 0842528563 |
"This book is composed as a series of letters. The letters are meant for a young Mormon who is familiar with Mormon life but green in their faith....Here, my work is personal. I mean only to address the real beauty and real costs of trying to live a Mormon life. And I hope only to Show something of what it means...
| Author | Gregory A. Prince |
| ISBN | 0874808227 |
Ordained as an apostle in 1906, David O. McKay served as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1951 until his death in 1970. Under his leadership, the church experienced unparalleled growth—nearly tripling in total membership—and becoming a significant presence...
Beginning in the 1830s, at least thirty-three women married Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism. These were passionate relationships which also had some longevity, except in cases such as that of two young sisters, one of whom was discovered by Joseph’s first wife, Emma, in a locked bedroom with...
Mormon Scientist: The Life and Faith of Henry Eyring
| Author | Henry J. Eyring |
| ISBN | 1590388542 |
Twice in the final years of his life, Elder Neal A. Maxwell told a grandson of Henry Eyring's, You need to write your grandfather's story. This is that story of Henry Eyring, perhaps the most acclaimed scientist ever to come from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is a book about science...
The Simeon Solution: One Woman's Spiritual Odyssey
| Author | Anne Osborn Poelman |
| ISBN | 0875799671 |
Although Simeon is mentioned only briefly in the scriptures, he is a shining example of faith and patience. Promised through the Holy Ghost that he would not die before the long-awaited Messiah, Simeon apparently spent much of his life watching for fulfillment of that promise. Surely there must have...
| Author | Peter Manseau |
| ISBN | 0743249089 |
Vows is a compelling story of one family's unshakable faith that to be called is to serve, however high the cost may be. Peter Manseau's riveting evocation of his parents' parallel childhoods, their similar callings, their experiences in the seminary and convent, and how they met while tending to the...
| Author | Andrew D. Olsen |
| ISBN | 1590386248 |
The story of the Willie and Martin handcart pioneers is among the most compelling in the history of America's western migration. Though tragic, it is also a story of triumph that scarcely has an equal. It is one of history's great witnesses of the power of faith and sacrifice. Although this story is one...
Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Heber J. Grant
| Author | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| ISBN | 0004739806 |
These books are a series, which are published to be used in Sunday School in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It's pretty cool that we kind of sum up the words of these prophets into these manuals. Pres. Grant was prophet between WWI and WWII. He knew that a lot of people don't accept Christ...
| Author | Joseph W. Yoder |
| ISBN | 0836190181 |
This book tells the story of a baby who was raised by an Amishwoman after the baby's mother died a few days after her birth. Pat McGonegal of Ireland had followed the love of his life, Bridget O’Connor, to America. Pat boarded with an Amish woman, Elizabeth Yoder, and after he married Bridget, the two...
| Author | Dean Hughes |
| ISBN | 1590387880 |
When the bishop calls Leah Sorensen to be Relief Society president, her first impulse is to assume he's joking. "They'd all vote against me if you put my name up," she tells him, "and I'd vote with them." She's prickly and proud, a farm widow who doesn't get along with the town women at all. Why would the Lord...
| Author | Marjorie Pay Hinckley |
| ISBN | 1590383877 |
When Marjorie Pay Hinckley passed away in April 2004, every woman who had ever known her, even merely through reading her books or hearing her speak, felt as if she had lost a friend. Sister Hinckley looked at life with a twinkle in her eye. Her genuine interest in others made them care a little more for each...
Life of Joseph Smith: The Prophet
| Author | George Q. Cannon |
| ISBN | 1428641823 |
Foreword by Richard Lloyd Dewey. This is the ONLY biography about Joseph written from personal interviews with his friends! The author served as First Counselor to four prophets, all of whom knew Joseph. Having full access to Church archives, Cannon weaves the intricate tale of Joseph’s intriguing...
| Author | Rob Kidd |
| ISBN | 1423104552 |
This book is a lot more complex than the first 9 books in the series. I think it's my favorite one so far for that very reason. It calls into question whether or not kids are sort of doomed to make their parent's mistakes and it deals a lot with what's right and what's wrong. I also found the relationship between...
This is the sixth book in Lois Lenski's American Regional Series. I missed it when reading the list of books from 1949, so I am adding it now. I also missed posting The Family Read yesterday, but since today is a school holiday, I am getting away with it!
Joanda's family are white share croppers...
Discourses of Brigham Young: Second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
| Author | Brigham Young |
| ISBN | 0877470669 |
1925. Brigham Young, second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, and first Governor of Utah, was the founder and chief builder of the Great Intermountain West of the United States of America. He is recognized as one of the foremost colonizers and empire builders of all time. In...
| Author | Leonard J. Arrington |
| ISBN | 1573459143 |
Come to know and love the mothers of the latter- day prophets in the pages of Mothers of the Prophets. Your testimony will be strengthened as you see how the Lord sent each of his prophets to a home with a mother to love, nurture, and teach helping to prepare that child to eventually lead the Church in this...
Letting Go of the Reins: The True Story of a Man Who Left the Amish and the Woman Who Helped Him
| Author | Vicki Botner |
| ISBN | 0615794532 |
After Bill Herschberger made the difficult decision to leave the Amish, the response from his community was immediate and relentless. Bill was a church member with a wife and child. It was imperative that his soul be saved from hell. If he didn't return, Bill knew that he would be shunned and excommunicated....
