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Papa Married a Mormon

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This is my all time favorite book and I highly recommend to anyone interested in American history. A story about the old "wild west" and the people who made America the strong nation that it is today. A Catholic man falls in love with a Mormon woman and the what happens as they raise their family in Utah in the late 1860s, which had gunfights, saloon kings, and also faithful reverends, charitable women, and people whose lives changed for the better. Once you start, you won't be able to put it down. Author also wrote "Uncle Will's Saloon," a story which comes before this book, and aforementioned, "Mama's Boarding House." Both are not as good as this one, but still fun to read. Too bad they are out of print.

This was and continues to be one of my all-time favorite books. Reflects an accurate picture of early Utah and taming of the early west. Great reading for any adult who enjoyed the "Great Brain" books as a child, or for any young person or advanced child reader as well. I read this book when I was around 10 or 12 years old. The love story of Papa & Mama became my model for my own grown-up love story, and it pretty much happened to me as well. A great story with strong family values as the major theme. Incidently, John D. Fitzgerald also wrote, "Mama's Boarding House," which I have yet to find as an out of print book to purchase.

Papa Married a Mormon is an American Classic. It has long been one of my favorite books ever written and is recommended to anyone interested in the true Mormon story and the American West. If you've read the Great Brain books as a child, don't miss Papa Married a Mormon. Rarely do we have such a writer as John D. Fitzgerald. It's too bad that we don't have such writers as him today. An American classic.

As a Mormon woman married to a Catholic man, "Papa Married a Mormon" had special significance for me. It was wonderful to see how Papa and Mamma blended their faiths in one home with respect and reverence. Their family life also served as an example to the greater community, which was brought together through the Fitzgerald family's quiet and gentle service to all. I loved this book and wish it were still in print so I could recommend it to my book club. It is an intriguing look at western history as well as a study of what it truly means to be Christian.

A candid look at Southern Utah before statehood and the railroad. An eastern dude travels west to find his long lost brother...and stays to help win the West. Along the way he deals with a silver mining camp, gamblers, itinerant preachers and the Mormon community. Written with savory prose and wonderful insight and historic accuracy. A book not to be missed!

This wonderful book is a perfect mix of the Little House on the Prarie and Great Brain books. What I found the most interesting was the equal treatment of Mormons, Catholics, Methodists, and even Agnostics in frontier Utah. In fact, there are both good and bad examples of each. The overall religious message of the book is that "all religions are but windows in the same church letting in the light of God," which stresses the ideas of tolerance, love, and respect for all people irregardless of their religious beliefs. I highly recommend this book for all people who are fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder and John D. Fitzgerald or even pioneer life and Utah history. Although it's out of print, you can probably find a copy in your local library. For 300 pages, it's a quick read. I have to warn you, though, it'll make you cry in the end. Even I teared up a bit, and I very rarely get emotionally involved in books. I also laughed out loud a few times, too. This book is really special.

I have always enjoyed the Great Brain books and often wondered how they all got started. This book tells how. I really enjoy reading it and could never tire of it. I highly recomend this book.

I have loved every book by John D. Fitzgerald that I was able to get my hands on. All of his books are wonderful but perhaps the best one is Papa Married a Morman. The true story of the Fitzgerald family is uplifting, powerful, and very entertaining. I highly recommend this book to any one who loves history and who loves a good story. The other two books in this serious, Mama's Boarding House, which takes place after Papa Married a Morman, and Uncle Will and the Fitzgerald Curse, which tells the story of Uncle Will from childhood up until the time of the end of silverlode, are also great to read.

I found this book at a swap meet--took it home more from the quirky title then anything...and I discovered my favorite book! The story is an easy & non-demanding read with pictures of the family--your unable to set it down! I once lent this book to my Mom, she in turn lent, and so on. The book was returned to me 2 years later, and had visited over 25 homes!! I know of no other book that has had that wide of an appeal, regardless of religious background...a DEFINATE must have!

If you loved the Great Brain when you were a kid, well, this is the Great Brain book for when you grow up! Same great characters, same great stories.