Best-Loved Stories of the LDS People, Vol. 1

by Jay A. Parry, Jack Lyon, Linda Ririe Gundry

Overview

Here's an outstanding collection of all those inspiring stories from Church history that you've heard and wanted (but couldn't find) for your class. A companion volume to Best-Loved Poems of the LDS People, Best-Loved Stories of the LDS People includes accounts of everything from Joseph Smith's childhood leg operation to David O. McKay's mission experience of learning "Whate'er Thou Art, Act Well Thy Part." More than 200 other stories are included, such as Joseph F. Smith's encounter with a rough anti-Mormon in "True Blue, Through and Through" and "Fooling a Bulldog," by Parley P. Pratt. You'll find stories about faith, answers to prayer, and revelation, courage, honesty, and many other gospel principles and doctrines. A valuable reference that belongs in every Latter-day Saint home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609080839
Publisher:	Deseret Book Company
Publication date:	10/06/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

In addition to co-authoring several books, Jay A. Parry has published numerous articles on Church-related subjects. He has also presented a series of classes at BYU Education Week on the subject of daily miracles. He and his wife, Vicki, live in Salt Lake City, Utah. ; Jack Lyon, previously managing editor at Deseret Book, is a writer and publisher, the owner of Waking Lion Press and Temple Hill Books. His publications include The Moroni Code, Best-Loved Stories of the LDS People, Best-Loved Humor of the LDS People, Managing the Obvious, The Ultimate Guide to GospeLink, and many other books. In a career of more than 25 years at Deseret Book, he edited The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley and The Papers of Joseph Smith, along with hundreds of other publications. He and his wife, Anne, live in West Valley City, Utah. They have four children and five grandchildren.