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Lyman, Edward Leo

Amasa Mason Lyman, Mormon Apostle and Apostate : A Study in Dedication

Salt Lake City

University of Utah Press

2009

"The early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is filled with fascinating characters, but few led a more tumultuous life than Amasa Lyman. Though he has been largely forgotten, this new biography provides a unique and revealing account of the early days of Mormonism and Lymans role in creating that history. He served as a missionary in the burned-over district of upstate New York and in Ohio before moving to Kirtland, where he suffered in the infant churchs financial crisis. He participated in the conflicts with hostile Missourians and emigrated to Nauvoo, Illinois. There, he became a leader in the church and a close associate of Joseph Smith. Lyman then led a company of pioneers across Iowa to Winter Quarters and on to the Salt Lake Valley. He was sent to the California gold fields and led the colonization of San Bernardino, where he became its first mayor, before returning to Utah, and he traveled to Europe as head of the churchs European missions. Having spent more than thirty years in the service of his church, Lyman began to move away from its teachings after a series of conflicts with its second leader, Brigham Young. Lyman was one of the first Mormons to criticize the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which led to his dismissal as an apostle. He was excommunicated in 1870 and became one of the foremost spokesmen of the Godbeite Church of Zion movement before his death in 1877. Author Edward Leo Lyman chronicles Amasa Lymans life and interactions with Mormon history with an honesty true to his ancestors freethinking spirit." [Publisher's abstract]

Biographies, male, 19th century (books)
Dissent and dissenters, 19th century
Lyman, Amasa M.

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A Frontier Life : Jacob Hamblin, Explorer and Indian Missionary
A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870
Biography in Mormon Studies
Brigham Young and the Expansion of the Mormon Faith
Faithful and Fearless : Major Howard Egan : Early Mormonism and the Pioneering of the American West
Finally Statehood! Utah's Struggles, 1849-1896
History of the Saints : the Great Mormon Exodus and the Establishment of Zion
Honoring Juanita Brooks : A Compilation of 30 Annual Presentations from the Juanita Brooks Lecture Series
In Sacred Loneliness: The Documents
Jefferson Hunt : California's First Mormon Politician
Marriage and Divorce in Islamic and Mormon Polygamy : A Legal Comparison
Mercy without End : Toward a More Inclusive Church
Parley P. Pratt : The Apostle Paul of Mormonism
Robert Newton Baskin and the Making of Modern Utah
Saints : The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days. No Unhallowed Hand 1846–1893.
Scattering of the Saints : Schism within Mormonism
Settling the Valley, Proclaiming the Gospel : The General Epistles of the Mormon First Presidency
Succession by Seniority : The Development of Procedural Precedents, in the LDS Church
The Affair of the "Runaways" : Utah's First Encounter with the Federal Officers : Part 1
The Civil War Years in Utah : The Kingdom of God and the Territory that did not Fight
The Journals of George Q. Cannon : Hawaiian Mission, 1850-1854
"They Do Things Differently There" : Understanding a Polygamous "Foreign Country"
Truth Seeker: The Life of Joseph F. Merrill, Scientist, Educator, and Apostle
Vengeance is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath

100 Years of History of Millard County
A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints (Commonly Called Mormons)
A Brief History of The Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints, from Their Rise until the Present Time
A Call to Arms : The 1838 Defense of Northern Missouri
A Collection of Facts, Relative to the Course Taken by Elder Sidney Rigdon, in the States of Ohio, Missouri, Illinois and Pennsylvania
A Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
A Data Base of the Mormon Battalion : An Identification of the Original Members of the Mormon Battalion
A Disciple's Life : The Biography of Neal A. Maxwell
Adventures of a Church Historian
A Historical Analysis of Territorial Government in Utah under Alfred Cumming, 1857-1861
A History of Education in San Bernardino during the Mormon Period
A History of Iron County : Community Above Self
A History of Kane County
A History of Millard County
A History of Mormon Missions in the United States and Canada, 1830-1860
A History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sweden, 1850-1905
A History of the Latter-day Saints in Northern Missouri from 1836 to 1839
Album 'Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and Their Mothers'
"A Lion in the Path" : Genesis of the Utah War, 1857-1858
'All Things Move in Order in the City' : The Nauvoo Diary of Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs
Amasa Mason Lyman, The Spiritualist
Amasa Mason Lyman : Trailblazer and Pioneer from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Among the Mormons : Historic Accounts by Contemporary Observers
A Mormon Chronicle : The Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876
An American Prophet's Record : The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith
An Apostle's Record : The Journals of Abraham H. Cannon Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 1889-1896
And the War Came : James Buchanan, the Utah Expedition, and the Decision to Intervene
An Intimate Chronicle : The Journals of William Clayton
Annals of the Southern Utah Mission
An Old California Pioneer
Another Side of Early Mormonism
Approaching Zion
'A Samaritan had passed by' : George Miller - Mormon Bishop, Trailblazer, and Brigham Young Antagonist
A Test of Faith : Jane Elizabeth James and the Origin of the Utah Black Community
A Trip Across the Plains in 1857
Autobiography of Andrew Jenson : Assistant Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Autobiography of Pioneer John Brown 1820-1896
Biography : Francis Marion Lyman, 1840-1916, Apostle, 1880-1916
Blood of the Prophets : Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows
Brigham and Heber
Brigham Young: American Moses
Brigham Young, The Quorum of the Twelve, and the Latter-day Saint Investigation of the Mountain Meadows Massacre
Builders of the Kingdom: George A. Smith, John Henry Smith, George Albert Smith
Camp Floyd and the Mormons : The Utah War
Captain Jefferson Hunt of the Mormon Battalion
Caught In Between : Jacob Hamblin and the Southern Paiutes During the Black Hawk-Navajo Wars of the Late 1860s
Centrifugal Tendencies in Mormon History
Charles C. Rich : Mormon General and Western Frontiersman
Charles Shumway, A Pioneer's Life
Chief Kanosh : Champion of Peace and Forbearance
Colorado River Exploration and the Mormon War
Conflict in the Quorum : Orson Pratt, Brigham Young, Joseph Smith
Covered Wagon Women : Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1840-1849
Danish Apostle : The Diaries of Anthon H. Lund, 1890-1921
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism
Desert Saints : The Mormon Frontier in Utah
Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith
Dr. Calvin Crane Pendleton
Each in Her Own Time : Four Zinas
Early Mormon Historiography : Writing the History of the Mormons, 1830-1858
Early Utah Materia Medica : Priddy Meeks
Eliza Maria Partridge Journal
Eliza R. Snow's Nauvoo Journal
Erastus Snow : The Life of a Missionary and Pioneer for the Early Mormon Church
Establishing Zion : The Mormon Church in the American West, 1847-69
Exploring Mormon Thought : The Attributes of God, Volume 1
Exploring the Great Salt Lake : The Stansbury Expedition of 1849-50
Forgotten Kingdom: The Mormon Theocracy in the American West, 1847-1896
Forgotten Relief Societies, 1844-67
Four Zinas : A Story of Mothers and Daughters on the Mormon Frontier
From Apostle to Apostate : The Personal Struggle of Amasa Mason Lyman
From Apostle to Apostate : The Personal Struggle of Amasa Mason Lyman
From Isolation to Destination : The History of Washington County
From Mission to Madness : Last Son of the Mormon Prophet
'General' John Wilson, Signer of the Deseret Petition : Including Letters from the Leonard Collection
George Laub's Nauvoo Journal
George Q. Cannon : His Missionary Years
Gold Rush Saints : California Mormons and the Great Rush for Riches
Governmental Beginnings
Grafton : Ghost Town on the Rio Virgin
Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900
Having Authority : The Origins and Development of Priesthood during the Ministry of Joseph Smith
Heber C. Kimball: Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer
Heritage of the Valley : San Bernardino's First Century
History May Be Searched in Vain : A Military History of the Mormon Battalion
History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Period I : History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, by Himself
History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Period II : From the Manuscript History of Brigham Young and Other Original Documents
History of the Scandinavian Mission
History of the Southern States Mission, 1831-1861
History of Utah--California Wagon Freighting
'His Word Was as Good as His Note' : The Impact of Justus Morse's Mormonism(s) on His Families
Hole-in-the-Rock : An Epic in the Colonization of the Great American West
Homeward to Zion : The Mormon Migration from Scandinavia
Indian and Pioneer Medicine in Utah Territory, 1847-1900
In Sacred Loneliness : The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith
Iron City, Mormon Mining Town
'I Was Called to Dixie' : The Virgin River Basin : Unique Experiences in Mormon Pioneering
Jacob Hamblin, the Peacemaker
John Doyle Lee : Zealot, Pioneer Builder, Scapegoat
John Steele : Medicine Man, Magician, Mormon Patriarch
John Tanner and His Family : A History-Biography of John Tanner of Lake George, New York
John Willard Young, Brigham Young, and the Development of Presidential Succession in the LDS Church
Joseph Smith : Candidate for President of the United States
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
Joseph Smith's Encounter with Spiritualism
Joseph Smith's Introduction of Temple Ordinances and the 1844 Mormon Succession Question
Joseph Smith's Quorum of the Anointed, 1842-1845
Joseph Smith's Visits to Henderson County
Joseph Smith : the First Mormon
Journal and Diary of Albert King Thurber
Journal of Jesse Nathaniel Smith : The Life Story of a Mormon Pioneer, 1834-1906
Journal of Priddy Meeks
Journal of the Southern Indian Mission : Diary of Thomas D. Brown
Journals of John D. Lee 1846-47 and 1859
Juanita Brooks : Mormon Woman Historian
Kirtland as a Center of Missionary Activity, 1830-1838
Larger than Texas : Proposals to Combine California and Mormon Deseret as One State
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Leaders in the Mormon Reform Movement
Lengthen Your Stride : The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball
Life of a Pioneer : Being the Autobiography of James S. Brown
Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle; the Father and Founder of the British Mission
Massacre at Mountain Meadows : An American Legend and a Monumental Crime
Massacre at Mountain Meadows : An American Tragedy
Messages of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Minersville : The Beginnings of Lead-Silver Mining in Utah
Mississippi Mormons
Mormon and Indian Wars : The Mountain Meadows Massacre, and Other Tragedies and Transactions Incident to the Mormon Rebellion of 1857
Mormon Beginnings in the American South
Mormon Gold : The Story of California's Mormon Argonauts
Mormonism's Encounter with Spiritualism
Mormonism's Negro Doctrine : An Historical Overview
Mormon Mavericks : Essays on Dissenters
Mormon Midwives
Mormon Redress Petitions : Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict
Mormons at the Missouri, 1846-1852 : "And Should We Die"
Mormons at the Missouri : A History of the Latter-day Saints at Winter Quarters and at Kanesville, 1846-52--A Study in American Overland Trail Migration
Mormons from Scandinavia, 1850-1900 : A Shepherded Migration
Mormons in Texas : The Ill-Fated Lyman Wight Colony, 1844-1858
My Best for the Kingdom : History and Autobiography of John Lowe Butler, A Mormon Frontiersman
Nauvoo and the New Mormon History : A Bibliographical Survey
Nauvoo : A Place of Peace, a People of Promise
Nauvoo : Early Mormon Records Series, Vol. 1
Nauvoo: Kingdom on the Mississippi
Nauvoo Roots of Mormon Polygamy, 1841-46 : A Preliminary Demographic Report
No Place to Call Home : The 1807-1857 Life Writings of Caroline Barnes Crosby, Chronicler of Outlying Mormon Communities
No Toil nor Labor Fear : The Story of William Clayton
On the Mormon Frontier : The Diary of Hosea Stout [1844-1861]
Orrin Porter Rockwell : Man of God, Son of Thunder
Orson Hyde : The Olive Branch of Israel
Our Pioneer Heritage
Perpetuation of a Myth : Mormon Danites in Five Western Novels, 1840-1890
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah
Political Deliverance : The Mormon Quest for Utah Statehood
Politicking against Polygamy : Joseph Smith III, The Reorganized Church, and the Politics of the Antipolygamy Crusade, 1860-1890
Prelude to the Kingdom : Mormon Desert Conquest, a Chapter in American Cooperative Experience
"Pursue, Retake & Punish" : The 1857 Santa Clara Ambush
Quest for Empire : The Political Kingdom of God and the Council of Fifty in Mormon History
San Bernardino : The Rise and Fall of a California Community
Scattering of the Saints : Schism within Mormonism
Scenes in Nauvoo, and Incidents from H. C. Kimball's Journal
Scoundrel's Tale : The Samuel Brannan Papers
Search for Sanctuary : Brigham Young and the White Mountain Expedition
Sentinel in the East : A Biography of Thomas L. Kane
Ships, Saints, and Mariners : A Maritime Encyclopedia of Mormon Migration, 1830-1890
Sidney Rigdon : A Portrait of Religious Excess
Sierra Saints : A Brief History of the Mormons in Western El Dorado County 1847-1997
Social Accommodation in Utah
Southern Cross Saints : The Mormons in Australia
Spiritualism and Mormonism : Some Thoughts on Similarities and Differences
Tales of a Triumphant People : A History of Salt Lake County, 1847-1900
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith
The Adam-God Doctrine
The Anointed Quorum in Nauvoo 1842-45
The Apostasy of Amasa Mason Lyman
The Arduous Road : Salt Lake to Los Angeles, the Most Difficult Wagon Road in American History
The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt
The Burned-Over District : The Social and Intellectual History of Enthusiastic Religion in Western New York, 1800-1850
The Colorado River : Its History in the Lower Canyons Area
The Commencement of the Godbeite Protest : Another View
The Danites Reconsidered : Were They Vigilantes or Just the Mormons' Version of the Elks Club?
The Diary of Charles Lowell Walker
The Godbeite Movement
The History of Louisa Barnes Pratt : Being the Autobiography of a Mormon Missionary Widow and Pioneer
The Iowa Mormon Trail : Legacy of Faith and Courage
The John Taylor Nauvoo Journal
The John Taylor Papers : Records of the Last Utah Pioneer
The Journals of William E. McLellin 1831-1836
The Kingdom of God, the Council of Fifty and the State of Deseret
The King Follett Discourse : Joseph Smith's Greatest Sermon in Historical Perspective
The Law of Adoption : One Phase of the Development of the Mormon Concept of Salvation, 1830-1900
The Life and Thought of Orson Pratt
The Life and Times of Joseph Fish, Mormon Pioneer
The Life of Heber C. Kimball
The Life of Joseph Fielding Smith, Tenth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Life of Joseph Smith, the Prophet
The Making of a Mormon Myth : The 1844 Transfiguration of Brigham Young
'The Mantle Is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect'
The Mantle of Joseph : Creation of a Mormon Miracle
The Mantle of the Prophet Joseph Passes to Brother Brigham : A Collective Spiritual Witness
The March of the Mormon Battalion from Council Bluffs to California Taken from the Journal of Henry Standage
The McLellin Journals and Early Mormon History
The Meaning of Christ-The Truth, The Way, The Life : An Analysis of B. H. Roberts' Unpublished Masterwork
The Mormon Battalion : A Historical Accident?
The Mormon Battalion : U.S. Army of the West 1846-1848
The Mormon Colonies in Mexico
The Mormon Conflict, 1850-1859
The Mormon Experience : A History of the Latter-day Saints
The Mormon Hierarchy : Extensions of Power
The Mormon Hierarchy : Origins of Power
The Mormon Reformation
The Mormon Reformation
The Mormons -- History of Their Leading Men
The Mormons in California
The Mormon Succession Crisis of 1844
The Mormon Vanguard Brigade of 1847 : Norton Jacob's Record
The Mountain Meadows Massacre
The Mountain Meadows Massacre
The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History
The Nauvoo Temple
The Office Journal of President Brigham Young 1858-1863, Book D
The Orson Pratt--Brigham Young Controversies : Conflict Within the Quorums, 1853-1868
The Overland Journey from Utah to California : Wagon Travel from the City of the Saints to the City of Angels
The Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 1: Autobiographical and Historical Writings
The Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 2: Journal, 1832-1842
The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith
The Pioneer Camp of the Saints : The 1846 and 1847 Mormon Trail Journals of Thomas Bullock
The Reconstruction of Mormon Doctrine : From Joseph Smith to Progressive Theology
The Red Hills of November : A Pioneer Biography of Utah's Cotton Town
The Saintly Scoundrel: The life and times of Dr. John Cook Bennett
The State of Deseret
The Story of A Disciple's Life : Preparing the Biography of Elder Neal A. Maxwell
The Story of the Latter-day Saints
The Tribune Reports the Trials of John D. Lee for the Massacre at Mountain Meadows, November 1874-April 1877
The Uncommercial Traveler
The Unsolicited Chronicler : An Account of the Gunnison Massacre, Its Causes and Consequences, Utah Territory, 1847-1859
The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness : Sidney Rigdon, Religious Reformer, 1793-1876
The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
The Writing of Joseph Smith's History
Three Mormon Classics
Treasures of Pioneer History
Trials of Discipleship : The Story of William Clayton, a Mormon
True Community : Latter-day Saints in San Bernardino, 1851–1857
Utah's History
Wayward Saints : The Godbeites and Brigham Young
We'll Find the Place : The Mormon Exodus 1846-1848
Wilford Woodruff's Journals
William Clayton : Missionary, Pioneer, and Public Servant
William J. Flake : Pioneer - Colonizer
William Law: Biographical Essay, Nauvoo Diary, Correspondence, Interview
Winter Quarters
Women of Covenant : The Story of Relief Society
Worth Their Salt : Notable but Often Unnoted Women of Utah
Zion in the Courts : A Legal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900
Zion's Camp : Expedition to Missouri, 1834