Family Kingdom Author:Samuel W. Taylor John Taylor, the author's father, was in his way one of this country's really remarkable men. He was a Mormon and an Apostle of the Church in Utah at a time when the principle of plural marriage was going out of favor with the Church. In addition to the author's mother, John married five other women, had thirty-six children, and stil... more »l managed to remain a heroic, beloved figure to all of them throughout his entire life. Each of the six wives lived secure in the knowledge that she was his favorite and each believed herself immensely privileged to share, even briefly, the life of a prophet.
A magnetic, forceful, tremendously enthusiastic man, John Taylor lived through a time of change and refused to bend. When the Church abolished the practice of polygamy, he didn't. Holding fast to 'the law of Abraham,' he took three more wives and was dropped from the Church for doing so.
FAMILY KINGDOM tells a story that is highly unusual to say the least, and tremendously interesting. It is filled with the warmth and humor of a big family that stuck together in spirit no matter how hot the persecution or how far they were physically separated.« less