Life of a Pioneer (Illustrated Edition)

Brown (1828-1902) converted to Mormonism as a young man, enlisted in the Mormon Battalion marching all the way to California and after his discharge in 1847 was among the first to discover gold in California. The following year he moved to Salt Lake City and was soon called on a mission to the Society Islands in the South Pacific where the natives threatened to burn him at the stake. In the early 1860s he undertook a mission to Great Britain but soon after his return suffered a severe accident which resulted in the amputation of a leg. He continued to travel widely, returning to the Society Islands in 1892, and embarked on lecture tours, proving an engaging speaker despite his limited education. This detailed account of his life and work was published in 1900.