Spencer W. Kimball

by Francis M Gibbons, Daniel Bay Gibbons

Overview

This book of personal reminiscences about President Spencer W. Kimball (1895 to 1985), the twelfth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, greatly enhances our understanding of one of the most beloved personalities in modern Church history. Based upon a decade of interviews given by Francis M. Gibbons, President Kimball's trusted scribe and secretary to the First Presidency, this book offers a multitude of unique stories, anecdotes and insights about the Prophet which are nowhere else available. Spencer Woolley Kimball is the third volume in a seven-part work entitled Remembering Seven Prophets.PRAISE FOR FRANCIS M. GIBBONS AND DANIEL BAY GIBBONS"An impressive biography . . . a vividly written, accurate, informative chronicle that paints an unforgettable picture. . ." Midwest Book Review"Succinct . . . remarkable . . . provides unique insights." BYU Studies Review"Another outstanding contribution to Mormon biography and literature." 5 star Amazon reviewer"Enjoyable reading, inspiring and informative." 5 star Amazon reviewer

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780990638766
Publisher:	Sixteen Stones Press
Publication date:	07/28/2015
Series:	Remembering Seven Prophets , #3
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Daniel Bay Gibbons is a former trial attorney and judge and is the author of seven previous books. He has served as a full-time missionary, twice as a bishop and as president of the Russia Novosibirsk Mission.

Now in his ninety-fifth year, Francis M. Gibbons is the oldest living General Authority or former General Authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A graduate of Stanford University and former trial attorney, he served as secretary to the First Presidency for sixteen years in the administrations of Presidents Joseph Fielding Smith, Harold B. Lee, Spencer W. Kimball and Ezra Taft Benson. Brother Gibbons is also the best-selling and most prolific Mormon biographer of the past century and the author of more than twenty-five books, including full-length biographies of fifteen Church presidents. A Patriarch in the Church, he is also a former full-time missionary, bishop, stake president, and member of the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy.