Showing posts with label Signature Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Signature Books. Show all posts
Friday, February 13, 2026

The last years of Sidney Rigdon

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  I recently re-read the late Richard S. Van Wagoner's superb biography, Sidney Rigdon: A Portrait of Religious Excess , 1994, Signature...
Monday, July 14, 2025

The Blood in Their Veins provides a fascinating history of the Kimballs

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  Review by Doug Gibson I must say, immediately, that if you are one who pursues Mormon history, particularly its first century, " The ...
Sunday, December 31, 2023

Biographies of George Q Cannon, Joseph F Smith provide honest in-depth portrayals

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  Observations by Doug Gibson Last fall I read two new biographies of 19th century/early 20th century LDS Church leaders Joseph F. Smith, wh...
Thursday, January 12, 2023

Lost Apostles a fascinating look into the early years of the LDS Church

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  Signature has a Mormon history book, " The Lost Apostles: Forgotten Members of Mormonism's Original Quorum of Twelve ," that...
Monday, June 13, 2022

‘Murder by Sacrament’ a Mormon-themed murder mystery

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  Those who yearn for Mormon-themed fiction without the obligatory faith-promoting climax might want to give Toom Taggert the once-over. He’...
Monday, May 30, 2022

Review: Harold B. Lee: Life and Thought

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  Review by Doug Gibson Harold B. Lee: Life and Thought , by Newell G. Bringhurst, Signature Books, 2022, provided a lot of information abou...
Sunday, February 20, 2022

B.H. Roberts biography provides an interesting review of his public life

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  Review by Doug Gibson John Sillito, professor emeritus of libraries at Weber State University in my home city of Ogden, Utah, has done a r...
Sunday, June 20, 2021

Nauvoo City Council’s minutes of 1840s provide chaos, contention and lies

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  Originally published, in slightly different form, in January 2012 in StandardBlogs --- The Nauvoo City Council and High Council minutes fr...
Wednesday, May 5, 2021

On the edge of Mormonism's inside -- a review of Why I Stay 2

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  " Why I Stay 2: The Challenges of Discipleship for Contemporary Latter-day Saints ," (Signature Books, 2021), is a collection of...
Thursday, June 4, 2020

The Thieves of Summer captures life in long ago Salt Lake City

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Review by Doug Gibson In 2014, Signature Books is released a novel, “ The Thieves of Summer ,” drafted by Linda Sillitoe just before...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

David O. McKay diaries charts his life as a prophet

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" Confidence Amid Change: The Presidential Diaries of David O McKay ," (Signature Books, 2019), edited by scholar Harvard S. He...
Saturday, April 20, 2019

Diaries of the ‘cowboy apostle’ Ivins include secret Mormon plural marriages, political intrigue

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On Sept. 12, 1932, Mormon apostle Anthony W. Ivins, first counselor to LDS President Heber J. Grant, made this diary entry. “ On this da...