Four Zinas: A Story Of Mothers And Daughters On The Mormon Frontier is the story of a four-generation family of women who shared many things in common, foremost of which was the name Zina. Zina Baker Huntington converted to Mormonism in New York in 1835. Her daughter, Zina Huntington Young married Joseph Smith, and upon his death, married Brigham Young and served as the Mormon Church's general Relief Society President. Then her daughter, Zina Young Card assisted her husband, Charles Ora Card, in founding Cardston, Alberta, Canada. And in time, her daughter, Zina Card Brown married future Mormon church apostle Hugh B. Brown. Four Zinas is the fascinating story of how this extended family helped to shape their respected eras within the Mormon community. Zina Young and Zina Card worked tirelessly for woman's suffrage, encouraging women to study nursing and become involved in industry. All of the women promoted drama and literature, inspiring others through their speeches and expressions of spirituality (including the Mormon custom of "speaking in tongues". These were women who enabled Mormon women to feel good about themselves, and in the process, made their frontier worlds welcome places to establish families and enjoy life. Four Zinas is very highly recommended for women's studies, American frontier studies, and Mormon history studies reading lists.

In writing the story of her family heritage Emily Stowell tells the story of this growing nation. Our local historical society has found a great interest from readers in this northern NJ area through its telling of the life along the Delaware of the Jacob Luyerson VanKuykendal family.It amazes me how Emily Stowell brings together real lives,characters, names as well as historical events.She follows the journeys of her ancestors across this country and tells a wonderful adventure more true history than fiction. A true descendant, Emily Stowell is also a true dectective as she puts the pieces of history together to tell "her"story. And that story is ours as well! I can easily see this as an excellent tv mini-series.

Roger Huntington does a very good job of writing the story of the history of the American supercar. More than just an overview of musclears of the '60's, Roger Huntington goes further in depth by chronicling the heritage and evolution of the supercar up to the [early] 1980's. Although somewhat dated, this book is loaded with topics not found in other books on the subject. Huntington even covers the more obscure models offered as well as the engineering developments behind the performance. There are a few omissions in this book, notably the scarcity of information on Ford's 351 engines. There is nothing written about the 351 Windsor (not even its use in the Shelby GT Mustangs). There is very little mentioned about the 351 Cleveland (which was a high performance engine in disguise). There are no performance numbers appearing in the sidebar on either of these engines for comparison against their contemporaries. (come to think of it, this is true of some of the other makes and models as well.) Omissions aside, this book would make an excellent addition to anyone's automotive library

Amish in Michigan is an accessible and truly interesting history of Amish culture. More importantly, it discusses the reasons why Amish populations are growing. If you are at all interested in the Amish, read this book.

This is a great book that reflects the excitment of this cooking school in the middle of Main Street Indiana. I purchased two! Marie has focused on easy yet elegant time-tested recipes that will soon be a staple in your home.

I bought the first book in this series last April for my then 6 year old daughter, and in the past 5 months she has managed to read almost the whole series. She wants to stay up late reading them, because she doesn't want to put them down. I would highly recomend these books to anyone looking for very entertaining and morally sound books.

This book consists of a set of distinct papers. It would be very useful to potential buyers to know what papers were contained in the book. Can this information be made available?

This is dead-on book. I also read "Men are from Mars..." and I think John Gray is terrific but I liked the direct and really practical approach to this complex subject by Ms Taylor. I had a "wow this is it" feeling as I was reading and the "anxiety dissipating" experience you get when you break through frustration.

this book was funny,educational and even sad in someplaces. You will learn about the "golden rule" better than you have ever understood before. The boy that they call fiddle sticks played the fiddle and liked to play soccer.

Lavender is an excellent writer and serious history scholar. This is an outstanding book, and well deserves a space on the book shelf of any serious student of the Central Pacific or Southern Pacific. I've had my copy for years, and I can assure you it is well dog-eared and tatered from heavy and frequent reference. Lavender's sources are thorough (although he did not access the huge archive of Huntington papers at Syracuse University) and his remarks in general correct and precisely on target. Of the three great Huntington biographies, (the others are Cerinda Evan's Collis Potter Huntington and Oscar Lewis' The Big Four), this is by far the best, though I highly recommend Evan's work as well. This is a must-have book on this subject.