New Brigham Young Biography

[_MCB]

Mine came yesterday while I was out and about. At p. 97. Should come to the meat soon. LOL!

[_Blixa]

Just got my copy and did a quick read through of sections that interest me most. I liked how these events were handled. I also found a photo of BY I had not seen before (it may be widely known and I've just missed it), and that was also interesting.

All in all, looks good and I can't wait to dig in.

Thanks Blixa! Any chance of a scan of that BY image? You know I'm a visual guy.

I may be able to find it online. It's nothing special, really. Just a reminder to me that the older, bearded mental portrait of BY that I, and maybe most of us, carry in our heads is anachronistic.

Ah, here it is. It's readily available at Marriott LIbrary, I just never ran into it. It's not a big deal, just I have to recalibrate my brain images of BY in 1857.

There actually is another photo, with more punch as an image, that I just found in the book. It's a funny image. If I can find it, or if I can get the scanner set up (it's not mine and perhaps packed away), I'll show you.

[_Quasimodo]

I may be able to find it online. It's nothing special, really. Just a reminder to me that the older, bearded mental portrait of BY that I, and maybe most of us, carry in our heads is anachronistic.

Ah, here it is. It's readily available at Marriott LIbrary, I just never ran into it. It's not a big deal, just I have to recalibrate my brain images of BY in 1857.

There actually is another photo, with more punch as an image, that I just found in the book. It's a funny image. If I can find it, or if I can get the scanner set up (it's not mine and perhaps packed away), I'll show you.

Thanks so much for making the effort to find it online. I think I may have seen that one before (or one very much like it). It reminds me of how hard it must have been to find a good tailor (the jacket shoulders and sleeves) and shampoo on the frontier. He looks to have been eating a healthier diet when this was taken as opposed to later images.

[_Blixa]

I may be able to find it online. It's nothing special, really. Just a reminder to me that the older, bearded mental portrait of BY that I, and maybe most of us, carry in our heads is anachronistic.

Ah, here it is. It's readily available at Marriott LIbrary, I just never ran into it. It's not a big deal, just I have to recalibrate my brain images of BY in 1857.

There actually is another photo, with more punch as an image, that I just found in the book. It's a funny image. If I can find it, or if I can get the scanner set up (it's not mine and perhaps packed away), I'll show you.

Thanks so much for making the effort to find it online. I think I may have seen that one before (or one very much like it). It reminds me of how hard it must have been to find a good tailor (the jacket shoulders and sleeves) and shampoo on the frontier. He looks to have been eating a healthier diet when this was taken as opposed to later images.

OMG. I know. The shoulder/arm seams are INSANE. I thought it was something like a judges's robe at first. As for shampoo, remember this is at the height of the Reformation with its insistence on daily bathing and BY's admittance that he could not hold to that. I imagine him as a big greasy bear. But, what this photo did prompt me to consider was the youth and middle age of BY---which is necessary if one only thinks of him in full beardage....

[_Quasimodo]

As for shampoo, remember this is at the height of the Reformation with its insistence on daily bathing and BY's admittance that he could not hold to that. I imagine him as a big greasy bear.

A big, greasy, smelly bear. This looks to be taken when he was in his late forties? He must have had over forty wives by then (guessing). This photograph must stand as a testament to the forgiving nature of women.

[_just me]

Does this bio talk about the wives in any detail?

[_lulu]

Just so people know, Arrington did not write American Moses. It was written by committee, with Arrington doing the editing. When you read the book, it explains a lot.

Care to say more? I take you mean something other than several research assistants, an "author" and some editors producing a published work.

[_just me]

Does this bio talk about the wives in any detail?

Anyone know the answer?

[_MCB]

Does this bio talk about the wives in any detail?

Anyone know the answer?

Nothing that you can't find in Ann Eliza's book, except his urological problems in later years.

[_just me]

Nothing that you can't find in Ann Eliza's book, except his urological problems in later years.

Okay, thanks. Does it use Ann Eliza's book as a source?