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| History & Faith Reflections of a Mormon Historian RICHARD D. POLL Paperback. 144 Pages. / 0-941214-75-3 / $9.95 For more than forty years Richard D. Poll has been an articulate, thoughtful historian whose writings on the Mormon past and present have touched the lives of thousands of readers. In this collection, Poll brings together ten of his most insightful personal essays, some of which are published here for the first time. He wonders if historians and scholars should give their readers all of the "facts" or only some? Are some "truths" better left unsaid? Or is suppression in the long run more harmful? Where does one draw the line between openness and privacy? How should one deal with discrepancies regarding the way history has been recorded? Poll's honest, refreshing voice may be more relevant and needed today then ever before. Richard D. Poll was Professor of History and a vice-president of Western Illinois University, previously a professor at Brigham Young University. He was co-author, with Eugene E. Campbell, of Hugh B. Brown: His Life and Thought; co-editor, with Thomas G. Alexander, Eugene E. Campbell, and David E. Miller, of Utah's History; and author of Howard J. Stoddard: Founder, Michigan National Bank and Working the Divine Miracle: The Life of Apostle Henry D. Moyle. |
