Set in the 1860s at Utah's Dixie Mission, this is a moving story of a desert outpost where a band…
of Mormons fight to survive in an arid land. A young Mormon girl finds herself torn between fear of her older husband and love for his son; between her passionate faith in the stern tenets of Mormonism and her equally passionate desire for beauty and gaiety. Considered a classic historical novel. LDS fiction. Adult
1492: The Year the World Began is a look at one of the most fascinating years in world history, the…
year when many believe the modern world was born. Historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, author of Millennium, covers such iconic figures as Christopher Columbus and Alexander Borgia and explores cultures as diverse as that of Spain, China, and Africa to tell the story of 1492, a momentous year whose lessons are still relevant today