Title: Opposition to Brigham Young
Product review: William Godbe, a prominent Utah merchant during the late 1860s, along with several other successful businessmen, dared to challenge Brigham Young's religious authority. These men founded a new church which they called New Zion, originally meant to be a reformation of Mormonism. These men were leading citizens; intellectuals with sufficient wealth to support their position. While Brigham advised his elders to ignore the Godbeites, as they became known, this was no small matter. William Godbe and several of his cohorts had been long time friends with Brigham and were prominent members of the church as well as the community. This book does an excellent job of explaining the many facets of their dissent and thoroughly examines the several characters, their backgrounds, and what influenced them to take such a strong stand against the man who had been their leader. I found it to be an easy read, but hard to put down until I reached the last page.
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