Curly Bill's Gift

by Blaine M. Yorgason

Hardcover w/ jacket. Vol. 3 in Blaine M. Yorgason's "Hearts Afire" trilogy, set in Southeastern Utah in the time right around the "Hole-in-the-Rock" expedition. (That, my friends, is my home--born and bred in San Juan County, Utah; the most beautiful land on God's green earth!

607 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2000

About the author

Blaine M. Yorgason was born in Sanpete County, Utah. He attended Brigham Young University and received both a BA and MA in History. Blaine and his wife Kathleen have 7 children and numerous grandchildren.

Reviews

[Danni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book

[Larsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I truly enjoyed this book as well as the first two books in the threesome. This final book helps bring understanding of the various groups inhabiting the San Juan country -- their beliefs and customs and their way of living -- the Indians, the cowboys, the outlaws, and the faithful Mormons. There are some excellent true stories, that might be shared around a campfire, of miraculous outcomes of encounters with marauding and murdering Indians and outlaws. I would like to learn more about Thales Haskel who was a missionary to the Indians for most of his adult life and whom the Indians respected or feared because of his strong but quiet words of power. Some mini-stories were made too long in an apparent effort to emphasize the unusual. The San Juan country is unusual and always will be. I am glad that I lived nearby in Moab a couple years and saw and heard Albert R. Lyman, the San Juan Stake Patriarch, speak in a sacrament meeting. He and others of the Hole-In-The-Rock / Bluff pioneers have added strength to my life.

[Edna Henke · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the way Blaine Yorgason weaves real history into fiction and this series has been especially interesting to me since we lived in Blanding when our children were small. It teaches appreciation, faith, and compassion and I heartily recommend it.

[Janice · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful conclusion to the series on the "Indian Mission" Missionaries. The series teaches about perseverance in the face of extreme hardship and challenge.

[Frank · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. #3 in the series.

[Laurie D'ghent]

Didn't make it far before I quit reading. There's nothing specifically wrong with the book, this type of book is always nearly impossible for me to engage with.