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WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

BOOK

"All Than Was Promised: The St. George Temple

and the Unfolding of the Restoration"

by Blaine M. Yorgason, Richard A. Schmutz, and Douglas D. Alder

This book is a history of the St. George Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lattrer-day Saints.

Hardback, 374 Pages, 9.25" x 6.25" x 1.1"
Published by Deseret Book (March 1, 2013)
ISBN-10: ?-??????-
ISBN-13: 978-1-60907-367-1

Paperback, 374 Pages, 8.9" x 5.9" x 1.1"
Published by Deseret Book (September 9, 2016)
ISBN-10: 1629722995
ISBN-13: 978-1629722993


AVAILABILITY

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It is also available in the Washington County Library and probably other libraries.


COVER

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      Back cover
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
 
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22    
Appendix
 
IN GRATITUDE   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PROLOGUE   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A SACRIFICE OF ALL THINGS, 1859-1861   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FIVE YEARS OF STARVATION, 1861-1866   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE WILDERNESS SLOWLY RETREATS, 1866-1871   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BRIGHAM YOUNG'S DECISION, 1870-1871   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A TEMPLE'S BEGINNINGS, 1871   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES, 1871-1872   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE WHOLE TERRITORY PITCHES IN, 1873  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE WALLS CLIMB UPWARD, January to November 1874  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE JOURNAL KEEPER, Winter 1874   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TROUBLE ON TRUMBULL, January through March 1875   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE TEMPLE TRAILS, Spring into Summer 1875  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE FONT AND OTHER TRIUMPHS, July through December 1875   . . . . . . . . . . .
PREPARING TO OPEN, Fall to Winter 1875   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP, 1876   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PREPARING FOR THE TEMPLE DEDICATION, November through December 1876    
FIRST DEDICATION, 1 January 1877   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
AN ASTOUNDING DEVELOPMENT, January to 1 March 1877   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BRIGHAM YOUNG'S WORK IS COMPLETED, 2 March to 29 August 1877   . . . . . . .
FOR WHOM IS THE WORK TO BE DONE? 1877   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE HONEYMOON TRAIL, 1877 and Onward   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE ST. GEORGE TEMPLE, Then and Now   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WHY COME TO THE TEMPLE TODAY?   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PIONEERS OF ST. GEORGE, UTAH   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
INDEX   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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REFERENCES

Book review: All That Was Promised
Reviewed by Bruce C. Hafen
BYU Studies Quarterly, Volume 54, Number 3, 2015, pp. 193-197