Waiting for World's End: The Diaries of Wilford Woodruff [Paperback]

Wilford Woodruff (Author), Susan Staker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1993

The best of the Wilford Woodruff Diaries.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Woodruff, who served as the fourth president of the Mormon Church, was a prolific diarist. He left written records for almost every day of his life after converting to Mormonism--the period of 1833 to 1898. Editor Staker has worked in the Latter Day Saints Historical Department and is the compiler of the index to Woodruff's (nine-volume) unabridged diaries. In this new manuscript, she has done an excellent job of selecting entries that, though condensed, tell an intelligible, coherent story. Despite the "distinctive spelling, diction, and punctuation of the original," Staker has made this a readable work of the major events in the life of both the president and his church, as well as the Utah Territory in the late 19th century. An important purchase for libraries with an interest in Mormon history or those with a need for well-edited primary source material of the time.
- Diane H. Albosta, Episcopal H.S. Lib., Alexandria, Va.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Publisher

From Connecticut, where Wilford Woodruff was born in 1807, to San Francisco, where he was befriended by the cosmopolitan Bohemian Club before dying in 1898, Woodruff's life was unpredictable. The same man who consulted scientific texts for the cultivation of fruit trees for his personal garden was equally known for his apocalyptic vision on a Navajo mesa in Arizona in 1880. The man who balanced his ledger with penny-accuracy modeled buckskin temple robes to friends on his birthday and accepted from Brigham Young, as a birthday gift, one of Young's daughters as a wife. Woodruff became president of the Mormon church while hiding from federal marshals. Convinced that non-Mormons, or "gentiles," would be smitten by the calamities promised in the Bible, he bided his time in exile until Mormonism prevailed. However, as the Parousia was delayed, he eventually decided to compromise with the United States.

To complement the exhaustive ten-volume Wilford Woodruff diary series and index published by Signature Books as a limited edition, Susan Staker has condensed the highlights of Woodruff's revealing personal narrative into one readable volume, along with prefatory information, annotation, and appendices.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 494 pages
• Publisher: Signature Books (July 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941214923
• ISBN-13: 978-0941214926
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,566,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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