WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
BOOK
"Life and Times of John Pierce Hawley
A Mormon Ulysses of the American West"
by Melvin C. Johnson
church official and missionary. He helped build the first Mormon temple west of the Mississippi, battled the
Comanches, was entangled in the horrors of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, and pioneered the Pine Valley
community in southern Utah. Hawley's western odyssey is timely, worthy, and deserves to belong in the canon
of American history and biography.
Melvin C. Johnson is an independent historian and retired college professor, writer, and speaker who pursues
subjects dealing with the East Texas mill town culture, the Texas Hill country before and in the Civil War, and
the intersection of Western America and Mormonism. He is a graduate of Dixie College and Utah State University.
Published by Greg Kofford Books, Salt Lake City, 2019
Hardcover, 222 Pages + Index, ?" x ?" x ?"
ISBN-13: 978-1-58958-765-6 (hardcover)
Paperback, 224 Pages + Index, 6" x 9" x 0.59"
Weight: 12.3 oz
ISBN-10: 1589587642 (paperback)
ISBN-13: 978-1-58958-764-9 (paperback)
AVAILABILITY
This book is available from Greg Kofford Books(801)572-7417, order@koffordbooks.com
$24.95 for Paperback and $34.95 for Hard Cover
COVER
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Preface
Prologue: The Start of a Trek On The Borderlands of America, 1826-1842 Wisconsin Territory to the Republic of Texas, 1843-1851 Mormon Mills, Texas to The Indian Nations, 1851-1856 Wagons West to Utah Territory, 1856 Welcome to Zion, 1856-1857 The Hawleys of Pine Valley, Part 1 The Racial Divide and Theocracy in Greater Dixie The Hawleys of Pine Valley, Part 2 A Pine Valley Missionary to Iowa, 1868 Return to Utah and Conversion to the RLDS Church, 1868-1870 Epilogue: End of a Trek, 1870 Appendix A: John Hawley, Letter to Joseph Smith III, June 12, 1884 Appendix B: Temple Lot Case Appendix C: Chronology of John Pierce Hawley Biography Index |
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REFERENCES
"Life and Times of John Pierce Hawley" Press ReleaseJohn Whitmer Historical Association 2020 Alma Blair Best Biography Award
Received at the September 19, 2020 John Whitmer Historical Association Conference,
in Independence, Missouri