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Show Mormon Pioneer Relives In Book by Sam Taylorhis book, and one can easily understand how he swept his wives off their feet and kept them in the secure knowledge that each was his favorite and was privileged to share the life of an apostle of the church.Has Subtle HumorAll the characters in the book are vividly depicted with a warmth and understanding intermingled with the Taylor subtle humor which is so apparent in all the author s works.His mother, Nettie May, as she is known, is an outstanding woman In her ability to cheerfully endure the heartbreaks and inconveniences brought about by marrying a magnetic, forceful, tremendously dynamic man, who plunged her into poverty one minute and luxury the next. She was alternately a child producing widow on the underground, and one of the elite of Mormondom as the respected wife of an apostle. Through it all, she meets every difficulty with a love that is wonderful. Both as an absorbing story and an unusual one in that it deals with a little known side of the early struggles of the Mormon people in their efforts to establish a new church in a new land, and adjust to the constant changes necessary to make it survive. Sam has written one of his best accomplishments. A. P. W.The fact that Samuel Woolley. Taylor is now in the limelight for having written a play, The Square Needle which is receiving press raves in Los Angeles, and promises to be a success if a backer can be found, should not dim the importance of his current book, Family Kingdom. He has written a daring and unusual story in that he has told the life of his father, John W. Taylor, who defied the laws of the land and the Mormon church by living polygamy after its abolishment, because he believed sincerely in The Principle as he saw it.It gives an incredible and moving account of this man with his six wives and 36 children who stuck toghether in spirit no matter how hot the persecution or how far they were physically separated. Had Word for Everyone He was as handsome a man as ever lived, the author says, and had a word for everybody, and just the right word. Though in his early twenties, already his magnificent head of curly hair had a distinguished touch of gray. He had a broad forehead, wide spaced eyes that constantly changed expression and that were ringed as with stage make up. The nose was strong, jaw firm to stubbornness. The thing that characterized him was animation. With good looks and presence, he combined a magnetic charm and everybody in town had a firm impression that John W. Taylor was his special and particular friend. He was fearless reckless and deeply spiritual. The author brings the character of this man to vivid realization in |