From Deseret News archives:
MormonTimes.com: Author continues innovative work
Givens' goal is to write both honestly, fairly about church
"The Mormon villain became a kind of shorthand for everything America was opposed to in the 19th century," said Givens, a professor of literature and religion at the University of Richmond in Virginia.
Givens spoke with Joe Cannon, editor of the Deseret News, in an interview last week.
Read the full story, watch the video on MormonTimes.com.
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There is no doubt much of the animosity toward Mormons in the 19th...
Anonymous | Aug. 7, 2008 at 12:16 p.m.
Terryl L. Givens' latest project is a biography on early LDS Church apostle Parley P. Pratt.
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