Description: Orginally published: New York: Alfred A, Knopf, 1985.
Review Quotes: "The most objective and authoritative biography of Young. . . . A considerable achievement."
--New York Review of Books
--San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle "Arrington pulls no punches. He writes of the successes as well as the failures, the conflicts as well as the compassion. The Mountain Meadows Massacre, polygamy, the United Order and other controversial parts of the story are all discussed, neither underplayed nor sensationalized."
--Deseret News "Represents a significant turning point in Mormon historical scholarship for both Mormons and non-Mormons alike."
--History Book Club Review