1930 UK 1st Ed The Life Story of Brigham Young by Daughter Susa Young Gates LDS

1930 The Life Story of Brigham Young by Daughter Susa Young Gates UK 1st Ed LDS. The Life Story of Brigham Young.

Mormon Leader, Founder of Salt Lake City. And Builder of an Empire in the Uncharted Wastes of Western America. By Susa Young Gates (One of his Daughters). In Collaboration with Leah D. Sheepstone (not Reed Smoot, as in US Edition).

Published by Jarrolds Publishers, London (February, 1930). TRUE FIRST EDITION PRECEEDING U.

Excellent 1st Edition Hardcover Book! The binding is tight and all 287 pages within are bright white with NO WRITING, UNDERLINING, HIGH-LIGHTING, RIPS, TEARS, BENDS OF FOLDS with the exception of a name on the inside front cover and a strange spot on pages 278/279 which may be a publishers error. The covers look excellent with wear consistent of a 92 year old book, as can be seen in my photos. You will be happy with this one! Always handled carefully and packaged securely!

Susa Young Gates was a strong woman. She was the first child born in the Lion House, the daughter of Lucy Bigelow, Susa rapidly showed herself to be one of the more distinctive of Brigham Young's nearly sixty children. She read and wrote continuously from an early age and was appointed editor, at fourteen, of The College Lantern at the University of Deseret.

Alma Dunford, a dentist, at sixteen but an unfortunate combination of alcohol on his part and extreme youth on hers led to a divorce six years later. Two children, Leah Eudora and Alma Bailey, were born to the couple. In 1879 Susa married Jacob F. Gates, an amiable man who permitted his wife to pursue her own interests, but who was also, as Susa asserted frequently, the master of their home. From this marriage came eleven children. Of her thirteen children, only five grew to maturity.

Leah became a noted writer; a specialist in home economics; and the wife of John A. Widtsoe, educator, scientist, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Brigham Cecil Gates and Emma Lucy Gates Bowen were both trained to excel in music.

Cecil was a founding father and managing director of the LDS School of Music; served as assistant conductor of the Tabernacle Choir; and made notable contributions as a composer. Lucy was educated in Berlin and sang with opera companies in Europe for several years before returning to the United States where her talent was widely recognized. For a time she and Cecil cooperated to run a touring opera company. Harvey Gates was an active screenwriter in California. Franklin, after teaching chemistry for a time, became one of the outstanding figures in the early days of radio.

The overwhelming impression left by Susa Young Gates is one of exceptional energy. She wrote innumerable articles on a myriad of subjects, most of which were published in Mormon Church sponsored journals such as the Woman's Exponent, Young Woman's Journal, and the Relief Society Magazine (the latter two of which she founded). The photos and text in this listing are copyrighted. I spend lots of time writing up my descriptions and despise it when un-original losers cut and paste my descriptions in as their own.