Review of Saints, Vol. 2: No Unhallowed Hand, 1846–1893
Review of Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days . Volume 2, No Unhallowed Hand, 1846–1893 General editors: Matthew J. Grow, Jed L. Woodworth, Scott A. Hales, and Lisa Olsen Tait. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2020. Paperback, first printing, 833 pages. Reviewed by Devan Jensen, executive editor at the BYU Religious Studies Center No Unhallowed Hand ranges widely, beginning with the Saints’ expulsion from the Nauvoo area, their travels to the Great Salt Lake Valley, the recruitment of the Mormon Battalion, and the challenges of settling Utah’s Wasatch Front, including working through tense relations with indigenous people and the federal government. Thousands of pioneers crossed the Great Plains, seeking to build dugouts and frontier homes in the Great Basin. Sam Brannan, an emigrant leader, urged all to keep traveling to San Francisco. He was overruled by Brigham Young, president of the ...