Restless Pilgrim
Andrew Jenson's Quest for Latter-day Saint History
$330.59
- Hardcover
328 pages
- Release Date
27 December 2021
Summary
Andrew Jenson undertook a lifelong quest to render the LDS historical record complete and comprehensive. As Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jenson tirelessly carried out his office’s archival mission and advocated for fixed recordkeeping to become a duty for Latter-day Saints. Reid L. Neilson and Scott D. Marianno offer a new in-depth study of Jenson’s long life and career. Their account follows Jenson from his arrival as a Danish immigrant to 18…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780252044229 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0252044223 |
| Author: | Reid L. Neilson, Scott D. Marianno |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
| Imprint: | University of Illinois Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 27 December 2021 |
| Weight: | 540g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm x 30mm |
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“Restless Pilgrim: Andrew Jenson’s Quest for Latter-day Saint History provides a fast-paced walk through the life of this seminal Latter-day Saint historian, and his relentless thirst to gather as much history of the early Saints as possible.” –Journal of Mormon History
About The Author
Reid L. Neilson
Reid L. Neilson has served as the Assistant Church Historian and Recorder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is an award-winning author and editor of dozens of books on the Latter-day Saints, and coeditor of Pacific Apostle: The 1920-21 Diary of David O. McKay in the Latter-day Saint Island Missions.
Scott D. Marianno is an historian in the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and coeditor of A Voice in the Wilderness: The 1888–1930 General Conference Sermons of Mormon Historian Andrew Jenson.
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