Early Mormonism badly needed "a few good men" who could handle dangerous, physically strenuous, confrontational, or volatile situations. (from the preface)
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Biography, Mormon Church, Mormons, Frontier and pioneer life, Mormon pioneers, History, Mormons, biography, PioneersPeople
John Lowe Butler (1808-1860)Places
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My Best for the Kingdom: History and Autobiography of John Lowe Butler, a Mormon Frontiersman
2017, Lulu Press, Inc.
in English
1365739686 9781365739682
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My best for the kingdom: history and autobiography of John Lowe Butler, a Mormon frontiersman
1993, Aspen Books
in English
1562362127 9781562362126
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First Sentence
"Early Mormonism badly needed "a few good men" who could handle dangerous, physically strenuous, confrontational, or volatile situations. (from the preface)"
Table of Contents
Chapter One.
Troubled Kentucky Boyhood
Page 1
Chapter Two.
Caroline Skeen of Tennessee
Page 13
Chapter Three.
Religious Conversion
Page 19
Chapter Four.
Norther Missouri Pioneers
Page 33
Chapter Five.
Danite and Milita Captain
Page 41
Chapter Six.
Election Fight at Gallatin
Page 51
Chapter Seven.
Losing a Civil War
Page 63
Chapter Eight.
Winter Exodus to Illinois
Page 81
Chapter Nine.
Illinois and Sioux Missions, 1839-1841
Page 93
Chapter Ten.
Nauvoo Family
Page 105
Chapter Eleven.
Ordained Bodyguard
Page 119
Chapter Twelve.
James Emmett's Expedition
Page 135
Chapter Thirteen.
With Emmett in the Wilderness
Page 147
Chapter Fourteen.
Camp Vermillion
Page 163
Chapter Fifteen.
Shutting Down Nauvoo
Page 179
Chapter Sixteen.
Retrieving the Emmett Company
Page 187
Chapter Seventeen.
North to the Niobrara
Page 209
Chapter Eighteen.
Winter at Fort Ponca
Page 219
Chapter Nineteen.
Kanesville Separations
Page 231
Chapter Twenty.
Trail Dust and Danes
Page 241
Chapter Twenty-One.
Pioneering on Indian Lands
Page 255
Chapter Twenty-Two.
Fort Saint Luke Residents
Page 269
Chapter Twenty-Three.
Bishop of New Spanish Fork
Page 283
Chapter Twenty-Four.
Reformation and Plural Wives
Page 297
chapter Twenty-Five.
War Clouds and the Indian Farm
Page 309
Chapter Twenty-Six.
Utah War Disruptions
Page 325
Chapter Twenty-Seven.
The Final Two Years
Page 337
Chapter Twenty-Eight.
Life Worn Out Early
Page 347
Chapter Twenty-Nine.
John Lowe Butler: an Assessment
Page 363
Appendix.
John Lowe Butler Autobiography
Page 369
Appendix.
Notes
Page 435
Appendix.
Bibliography
Page 485
Appendix.
Index
Page 501
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-498) and index.
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