The Talmage Story: Life of James E. Talmage - Educator, Scientist, Apostle
Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1972. Hardcover/dust jacket. 246pp. Inscription inside front cover; Scattered underlining
James E. Talmage occupies a unique position among the great men of the latter-day Church. Scholar, scientist, educator, administrator, consultant, author, public speaker, Churchman, apostle - these roles he filled superbly in a life dedicated to excellence.
Knowing him only through his classic books Jesus the Christ and The Articles of Faith, many thousands of readers have sensed the greatness in the author. The Talmage Story, the first book on his life, confirms their highest expectations as author John Talmage delves into family recollections and his father's sixty-year journal to tell the fascinating story.
Here is a man self-disciplined from early youth, a man devoted to the pursuit of knowledge and to the Lord's work. Both his public and his private life are here depicted with many an intimate touch-such as his learning to ride a bicycle; his excursion into local politics; his compassionate service to a stricken family; his humorous confrontation with an officious customs official. No bookish recluse despite his scholastic intensity, he was an accomplished horseman, a keen, muscle-hard geological explorer, a successful consultant, first principal of the LDS College and later president of the University of Utah. An eloquent and persuasive speaker, he turned many an audience from potential hostility to enthusiastic applause for the Mormons. He was for twenty-one years an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ. As tender with others as he was tough with himself, he was a loving and concerned husband and father.
It is with exceptional pleasure that the publishers bring this great man's story before the public. They are confident that John Talmage's outstanding account of his father's life will make absorbing and richly rewarding reading for Church members everywhere. Condition: Very good+. Item #3101
Price: $20.00