Heritage Gateways

Recommended Reading

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Image courtesy of: Heritage Gateway Project Images, These images have been gathered to support the Sesquicentennial celebration of the immigration to Utah.

May, 1997

Dear Friends of the Sesquicentennial,
The purpose of this board is to recommend books and music to the public that promotes the pioneering spirit. The following items have been reviewed, have met the board's criteria, and have received The Spirit of Pioneering Award of Excellence based on a majority vote. This list is being made available to libraries, schools, and bookstores. Recommendation was based on the following guidelines:

1. Books must inspire and promote the spirit of pioneering.
2. Stories may relate to pioneers that settled the Salt Lake Valley and Utah, but are not restricted to the L.D.S. people. Pioneering endeavors from all faiths and cultures who are part of the history of Utah were encouraged.
3. Books may be fiction or non-fiction and must be currently in print.
4. Stories may deal with faith in God, adversity, hope and the courage to move forward in the face of great odds. Subject matter need not necessarily deal with the pioneers of 1847.
5. Music must lift and inspire. Works which tell a story were encouraged.

• The Story of the Latter-day Saints
  James B. Allen & Glen M. Leonard
  Deseret Book; ISBN 0-87579-565-X
• Life In Zion: An Intimate Look at the Latter-day Saints
  William W. Slaughter
  Deseret Book; ISBN 0-87579-893-4
• In Their Own Words: Women and the Story of Nauvoo
  Carol Cornwall Madsen
  Deseret Book; ISBN 0-87579-770-9
• Images of Faith, Art of Latter-day Saints
  Deseret Book; ISBN 0-87579-912
• The Gathering: Mormon Pioneers on the Trail To Zion
  Maurine Jensen Proctor & Scot Facer Proctor
  Deseret Book; ISBN 1-57345-056-1
• Providential Hill
  Lillian Armstrong Fox
  Jordan River Publishing Co.; Salt Lake City, UT
  ISBN 1-890366-00-5
• Pioneer Images, Hand cut Paper Design Book
  Lerry Wallace
  Jordan River Publishing Co.; Salt Lake City, UT
  ISBN 1-890366-05-6
• The Work & The Glory - all volumes
  Gerald Lund
  Bookcraft, Salt Lake City. UT
• Women of the Mormon Battalion
  Compiled and edited by Carl V. Larsen & Shirley N. Maynes
  Watkins Printing, Providence, UT
• Utah Quilts, 1847-1950
  Utah Quilt Heritage, Inc.
  University Press
• The Pioneer Camp of the Saints: The 1847 Mormon Trail Journals of Thomas Bullock
  Edited by Will Bagley
  Arthur H. Clark Company
• Winter Quarters: The 1846-1848 Life of Mary Haskins Parker Richards
  Utah State University Press
• The Mormon Trail: Yesterday and Today
  William Smart
  Utah State University Press
• 111 Day to Zion
  Hal Knight & Stanley Kimball
  Big Moon Traders
• Promised Valley, The Novel
  Lance Williams & Tillman S. Boxwell
  Alma, UT

Appropriate Reading for Children

• I Walked To Zion
  Susan Arrington Madsen
  Cinnamon Tree; ISBN 0-87579-848-9
• Growing Up In Zion
  Susan Arrington Madsen
  Cinnamon Tree; ISBN 1-57345-189-4
• The Mormon Girl Series-Abigail
  Patti Landes Kinzie
  Dovetail Press/Hearts of the Children;
  Distributed by Jordan River Publishing; Salt Lake City, UT
  ISBN 1-88046-41-7
• The Mormon Girl Series-Sally Ann
  Patti Landes Kinzie
  Dovetail Press/Hearts of the Children;
  Distributed bye Jordan River Publishing
  ISBN 1-886046-42-5
• Hands-On Pioneers: Art Activities
  Yvonne Young Merrill & Emily Young Merrill
  Deseret Book; ISBN 1-57345-085-5
  Also: Providential Hill by Lillian Armstrong Fox
  (see above)

Music

• Pioneer Portrait
  Merrill Jensen
  Shadow Mountain Music

If you have any questions regarding this list, please direct inquiries to:
Patti Adams, Chairperson (801) 277-2083 Fax (801) 277-2400
P.O. Box 17311, Salt Lake City, UT 84117