Heber C. Kimball was Mormonism’s most colorful leader and a major force

in shaping, sustaining, and spreading the Mormon faith. Only Joseph Smith

and Brigham Young wielded as much authority or had as much influence during

the first four decades of the Mormon church. This is the first comprehensive

and objective biography of Kimball since 1888. Stanley B. Kimball, Heber’s

great-great-grandson, shows us the man in all of his many dimensions—missionary,

pioneer, preacher, politician, farmer, father, and husband.

Superb! This is a superior biography, based almost entirely on

manuscript sources, few of which have been used or even examined by other

scholars. It is new, it is fresh, it is fast-moving, it has the ring of

truth, there is little editorializing, and it is written with economy,

clarity, and balance.

– Leonard J. Arrington, author of Brigham Young: American Moses