Juanita Brooks (1898–1989)
Author of The Mountain Meadows Massacre
About the Author
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Works by Juanita Brooks
The Red Hills of Nevada 1 copy
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 29, No. 3, July 1961 - Utah's Dixie ... The Cotton Mission (1961) — Author — 1 copy
Associated Works
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Volume 6, Number 2, (Summer 1971) (1971) — Contributor — 2 copies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 9, Number 1 (Spring 1974) (1974) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 1, Number 2 (Summer 1966) (1966) — Contributor — 1 copy
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 46, No. 2, Spring 1978 - Views of Utah Women (1978) — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Brooks, Juanita Pulsipher
Leavitt, Juanita Leone (birth name) - Birthdate
- 1898-01-15
- Date of death
- 1989-08-26
- Burial location
- Saint George City Cemetery, Saint George, Utah, USA
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Bunkerville, Nevada, USA
- Place of death
- Saint George, Utah, USA
- Education
- Brigham Young University (BA)
Columbia University (MA) - Occupations
- historian
author - Relationships
- Pulsipher, Ernest (son)
- Organizations
- Utah Historical Society (board)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Members
Reviews
Quicksand and Cactus by Juanita Brooks
Ugh. So even the University of Utah Press is using glued bindings on their hardbacks now. Hiss! Boo!
As for the content: Brooks comes across as a rock-solid theist/supernaturalist, but it's hard to figure out the level of her commitment to the Restored Gospel in particular. When writing to Church leaders, she emphasized her activity, the many callings she held, etc. When writing to atheists, ex-Mormons, and anti-Mormons, she emphasized her unorthodoxy. Her friendly letters to Fawn Brodie seem more sincere than her friendly letters to General Authorities. She talked to LeGrand Richards about her recent temple attendance; she talked to others about her coffee-drinking. She talked constantly about following the truth wherever it led her, but did she do so in the matter of Oliver Overstreet? Mountain Meadows property owner Ezra Lytle is lauded as "a man of integrity and honor" when he refuses to sell to the Church, but when he refuses to sell to the government, Brooks laments the fact that private citizens have property rights.
There's lots of gossip in this book, for those who enjoy such things. I'm going to give Quicksand and Cactus a try; I think I'll like it a lot better..… (more)
As for the content: Brooks comes across as a rock-solid theist/supernaturalist, but it's hard to figure out the level of her commitment to the Restored Gospel in particular. When writing to Church leaders, she emphasized her activity, the many callings she held, etc. When writing to atheists, ex-Mormons, and anti-Mormons, she emphasized her unorthodoxy. Her friendly letters to Fawn Brodie seem more sincere than her friendly letters to General Authorities. She talked to LeGrand Richards about her recent temple attendance; she talked to others about her coffee-drinking. She talked constantly about following the truth wherever it led her, but did she do so in the matter of Oliver Overstreet? Mountain Meadows property owner Ezra Lytle is lauded as "a man of integrity and honor" when he refuses to sell to the Church, but when he refuses to sell to the government, Brooks laments the fact that private citizens have property rights.
There's lots of gossip in this book, for those who enjoy such things. I'm going to give Quicksand and Cactus a try; I think I'll like it a lot better..… (more)
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- Works
- 26
- Also by
- 22
- Members
- 481
- Popularity
- #51,317
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 8
- ISBNs
- 32