Grace and Grandeur - A History of Salt Lake City

N Grace and Grandeur Thomas G. Alexander unfolds Salt Lake City's story from a wilderness outpost to the metropolitan center chosen as the site for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Since the time Fremont Indians built pithouses near its watercourses, Salt Lake City has offered a home for a succession of peoples who have treasured its beauty and bounty. Grace and Grandeur tells us how and why Letter-day Saints, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Buddhists and others grappled with a legion of challenges to create a great American city. About the AuthorThomas G. Alexander is the Lemuel Hardison Redd, Jr. Professor of Western American History at Brigham Young University. Among the books Alexander has written are Utah, The Right Place: The Official Centennial History (1995, 1996) ; Things in Heaven and Earth: The Life and Times of Wilford Woodruff, a Morman Prophet (1991) ; Mormonism in Transition: A History of the Latter-day Saints, 1890-1930 (1986,1996) ; and A Clash of Interests: Interior Department and Mountain West, 1863-96 (1997) ; and with co-author, James Allen, Mormans and Gentiles: A History of Salt Lake City(1984). He lives in Provo with his wife, Marilyn. ; 10.25" x 12"; 276 pages. …