Thank you for visiting my website, Mormon Protagonist. I am excited to share my work on a new historical book series set during the American frontier era. I have recently republished my debut novel, Holy Joe! Prophet, Seer, and Revelator which I first wrote over a decade ago. This revised version is even better and paves the way for the next episode, the Mormon trek west and the founding of Utah.
Over the next two years, I will be reading some of the top historians, both secular and Latter-day Saint, in search of the sequel to Holy Joe! Mormons were faithful in keeping their journals, and they played many different roles. I’m especially excited to find material by those who broke the first trails, as well as topographical engineers, army personnel, newspapermen, explorers from far distant lands, the Argonauts, and members of the rapidly dwindling Indian Nations. These are people from all walks of life–the believers and the unbelievers. I am eager to devour and share this rich source of research material.
Each week, as I read my next title, I underline, circle, highlight, and transfer information to character sheets and event timelines for future use, then I write a book report–my way of giving my readers an opportunity to comment and interact with other readers and myself, the author. Book reports are usually close to twenty-five hundred words, while placeholders are a paragraph or two–a hint of what’s to come. Join me as I uncover my latest adventure, a story waiting to be told in such a way as to bring the characters to life.
