Closing the book after reading, “Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet,” the new biography by George Mason University religious studies professor John G. Turner, published by Belknap Press of Harvard ...

On Sept. 20, Harvard University Press published a major new biography of Brigham Young, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, colonizer of Utah and much of the ...

The Tribune spoke with Johnson and historian John Turner, author of the acclaimed 2012 biography, “Brigham Young: Pioneer ...

In 2012, scholar John Turner published an award-winning biography of Brigham Young, a mountain of a man in Western Americana. But there remained a bigger fish to pursue, namely Joseph Smith, the ...

Academics rarely lay the groundwork for feature films. But George Mason University’s John G. Turner might consider retaining an agent, given the quality of his new biography of Brigham Young.

Brigham Young’s not on record as saying, “I’m worried that Joseph’s going to ask for my wife as an Abrahamic sacrifice.” It’s not very subtle, though. No, I don’t think it’s subtle.

Brigham Young (John Donovan Wilson) and Mary Ann Angell (Twyla Wilson) walk together. (Photo: "Six Days in August") The lead actors were cast from around the country and some of them are not ...