Heber C. Kimball: Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1981. First Edition. 343pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green cloth. Near fine/Near fine. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the title page. Item #10661
Bright copy of this well received and well researched biography of this early LDS leader. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Heber Chase Kimball (1801-1868) was an influential Mormon leader. Born in Vermont, he later moved to upstate New York where he met Brigham Young. In 1832 he joined the Church and joined the Saints in Kirtland. Kimball was part of the Zion's Camp expedition, was made an apostle, and left on the first Mormon overseas mission to England. He followed the Church to Missouri and on to Nauvoo, Illinois. After the Saints arrived in Utah, Brigham Young made Kimball his First Counselor. Kimball was very influential in the early days of the Utah Territory.
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