Settling the Valley, Proclaiming the Gospel
The General Epistles of the Mormon First Presidency
Edited by Reid L. Neilson and Nathan N. Waite
Reviews and Awards
"The book thereby constitutes a kind of encyclopedia for the LDS history and the pioneer period context from 1849 to 1856." - Hans Gerald Hödl, Religious Studies Review
"Settling the Valley, Proclaiming the Gospel: The General Epistles of the Mormon First Presidency is a helpful, easy to use collection that offers first hand glimpses into the concerns, struggles, and experiences of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the mid 19th century...Beyond Mormon studies, Settling the Valley, Proclaiming the Gospel advances and facilitates scholarship in disciplines as varied as comparative literature, American religious history, history of the American West, religion, missiology, and Native American studies." - Mitch Nelson, Claremont Graduate University, Reading Religion
"Settling the Valley is a remarkably rich contribution to the study of Mormon and Utah history. It is a handsom volume, with an impressive dust jacket, and has set a standard of excellence to which all future editors of similar-type literature and topics can aspite." - Richard E. Bennett, Journal of Mormon History
"Settling the Valley, Proclaiming the Gospel will be helpful for anyone studying Brigham Young, mid-nineteenth-century Church leadership, and pioneer life in antebellum Utah Territory. Though the epistles can be found separately in archives and some are available online, having them all in one place, footnoted and indexed, will be a welcome resource to any researcher of the era." - Gerrit van Dyk, BYU Studies Quarterly