Eliza: A Biography of Eliza R. Snow

by Keith Terry

The life of the faithful "prophetess."

Genres: Religion, Lds, Biography

163 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Kristine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very interesting book which had quite a few stories or documentations of things I had never heard of in my own church.
It would appeal to men and women members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
One part I found interesting was the fact that in October of 1872 my great-grandmother came to America on the same ship that took Eliza Snow and 8 others to England in November of that same year. The Minnesota.

[Richard · Rating 4 out of 5]

a short biography. I’ve always been fascinated by Eliza R Snow and what things she saw and experienced from when she joined the church in the Kirtland Era and dying in SLC in the 1880s. There are 12-14 beloved hymns in the Hymn Book that she wrote. I liked this book of Eliza because it quoted from her journals in many places.

[Tammy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I learned a lot about Eliza R. Snow that I didn't know before. I especially enjoyed the story of the women all together and the roof was leaking. Apparently they didn't expect Salt Lake to get much rain and they built their houses with flat roofs and willow branches. After dodging the drips, they all decided to go home to their own wet houses. Then Eliza went to bed with an umbrella!

I also liked reading about how each person in Brigham Young's household had their own lamp. When they left for the evening, they left it burning in the window. When they came home, they blew it out. When last person came home, they could tell they were last because their lamp was the only one left. Then they locked the door and put out the hall lights.

[Camela · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed learning more about Eliza R. Snow. But I will never read anything by these authors again. They don't cite sources. The book is filled with conjecture and supposition. The Terrys are definitely not biographers. I think they would do much better at writing fiction. The book has made me want to read a true biography of Eliza. It also helps while reading this book to read it with the understanding that things were a lot different in the early church. They didn't have all the instruction we now have and take for granted.

[Pat · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't think I would like this book but the further I got into it the more interested I was. Some interesting history on Eliza R. Snow. It's a book I gave my mother in 1985. When she died in 1987, I took the book for my own library. It was very interesting.

[Kara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Borrowed from my mother-in-law. Learned much more about Eliza R. Snow, than I previously knew. It was an easy read and helped me appreciate her contribution to the LDS Church.