{"product_id":"the-life-and-times-of-john-steele-mormon-kingdom-builder-paperback-softback-9781647692193","title":"The Life and Times of John Steele; Mormon Kingdom Builder (Paperback \/ softback) 9781647692193","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life and Times of John Steele\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMormon Kingdom Builder\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKerry William Bate (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781647692193\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 December 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 39 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Beautifully written. The author has a gift for finding moments of unique interest in Steele’s life and writings, and expressing these moments insightfully. This is one of the great Latter-day Saint biographies.”—Todd Compton, independent historian, author of \u003ci\u003eA Frontier Life: Jacob Hamblin, Explorer and Indian Missionary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom radical reformer to Mormon pioneer and mystic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Among the founders of Salt Lake City, Parowan, and Las Vegas, and an explorer of Zion National Park and the Grand Canyon, John Steele's legacy is etched across the American West. \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Times of John Steele\u003c\/i\u003e follows the remarkable journey of this Irish-born convert to Mormonism from his birth into scarcity through his final days in Kanarraville, Utah.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A fervent believer in utopian ideals, Steele sought to build an egalitarian Kingdom of Christ in the last days, becoming a key figure in early Utah history. His multifaceted roles—missionary, city founder, militia major, justice of the peace, and self-taught doctor using folk medicine, charms, and the occult—make his story unique. This meticulously researched biography offers new insights into pivotal events such as the Mountain Meadows Massacre and the communal economics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, drawing from Steele’s extensive personal diaries and papers to bring his complex, colorful life and times to light.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Utah Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52633753256216,"sku":"9781647692193","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-and-times-of-john-steele-mormon-kingdom-builder-paperback-softback-9781647692193","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}