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Show 113 its principal figure bui does not 11'W&1$ s-u¢.eeed in making the r_d,$r f.l himsell th.re part. of "-bat a details in t,he Ute of the gr(f)at colcni_ex- which are and buma.n in Sho _s of pers;oM who were called upen the b$Ok of d_th. biographer, made vivid Mrs. Gates so far &$ \h18 _8 ... to thdr answerin b$\hr bist,$ran-int.mew8r than sbe: without to' work into \bese $kethes rattling skeet,on8 in tad1y sk;$l,etcns in t.h. Ioug l\lloset, t.h$retoH, it is we:re surpruitl.g it, in the Chureh beefollse of any inoessantly amuse to write short life-sketches higbest cOMeils _s a but sh t.rie4 If there hidden. to the Mrs. Oat'$S intimate details which CQuld ·eloseth frequently- hrrent17 of importance thing trom. their apJ)Ointment not are The book is the final expreSsi4)l1 of Mrs. Gahs t deep inh;r$st biogaplv. was Q. Yet, par6.dox1cally e.gain" rlliiliar circle. eame biogra,hy no\ (tn$ to rev_l is concemed, th$,.· remained anything unfit. tor the ears of MOn:m')tt$o The biography of Brigham Young better trea.tm.ent anywhere of this is 1mport·a,nt beelus$ strange man who did. th$ eauS$ of wes\ern colol'liMtiOn. and settlement. r_del? lee.:rns that the book bas been than &$ a SOUrcS6. scholarly tr'eatiae, designed so Upon mor$ "$ a there is no much to advaneo first gluee th$ narrative history beei&use Yt!"e. Gates tails to cite any or ber Brigham YOl.1..ngts diary no doubt $UPpUed mueh informatio-n. It m.ust 'be rem_bered. that Mrs. Gates wrote the book incident by incident a period mer. of s'anral year" btportMt giving no thought to, &cad.ic rules. It 'to record dat,a which she aloM eould ofter from her with her father than to cite sources; tbis material, o'tl'er was experbno.s most of which had never |
