John G. Turner

Published for the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's landing, this ambitious new history of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony "will become the new standard work on the Plymouth Colony.” (Thomas Kidd) "Informative, accessible, and compelling. . . . A welcome invitation to rediscover the Mayflower voyage and the founding of Plymouth Colony." — Daniel M. Gullotta, Christianity Today "[An] excellent...

From an award-winning biographer, a riveting and deeply researched portrait of Mormonism's charismatic founder. Joseph Smith Jr. (1805–1844) was one of the most successful and controversial religious leaders of nineteenth-century America. He published the Book of Mormon and started what would become the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He built temples, founded a city-state in Illinois, ran for...