Dean Hughes
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Come to Zion volume 2
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Will and Liz struggle to deal with their new life in Nauvoo, Illinois as they witness important events in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Meanwhile Jeff and Abby, living in 21st century Nauvoo, face their own challenges as they learn about Jeff's ancestors.
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Norma Hayes has always tried to make Christmas special for her family, but Christmas 1944 is especially difficult with her soldier son Glen away in Europe, and rationing and lack of money don't help. Teenage Dennis tries to buy his mother a special gift for Christmas as a symbol of times gone by and hope for the future, while Glen is reminded of home by the scent of lavendar on a battlefield.
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"Morgan Davis and his family have moved, along with many of their fellow Saints from the Muddy River Mission, to Long Valley in southern Utah. There they are invited by their prophet, Brigham Young, to embark on a new venture: the United Order. But creating Zion is not an easy task when so many personalities and needs come together"--
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Come to Zion volume 1
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Wilford Woodruff's preaching to congregations of the United Brethren in England has a profound effect on Will Lewis, but does this "new religion" really hold the key to the better life he longs for? Will's struggles to believe, to win his true love, and to face the rigors of immigrating to an unknown land are paralleled by the modern-day story of Jeff and Abby, a young married couple facing challenges of their own.
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"When Brigham Young summons young Morgan Davis to his office and calls him to join other missionaries in settling the Muddy River Valley (what is now Nevada), Morgan can?t imagine what lies in store. He has just two weeks to find a wife and gather enough belongings to help start a settlement. As Morgan and his new bride, Angeline, travel the long trail south in a covered wagon, they fall in love and connect with the other Saints. But the desert location...
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This novel follows the events of WWII as they affect the Thomases, a Mormon family from Salt Lake City, Utah. Alex Thomas is worried about the men in his infantry unit and his wife Anna in England. In Japan Wally is a prisoner of war. In Hawaii, Bobbi is hoping for word from her boyfriend Richard. In Germany Heinrich Stoltz is working as a spy for British intelligence and looking for his missing son.
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Come to Zion volume 3
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In this concluding volume to the Come to Zion series Will and Liz, 19th century Mormon pioneers, leave Nauvoo, Illinois and cross the plains to reach the Salt Lake Valley. Meanwhile Jeff and Abby, living in the 21st century Midwest, face decisions about moving from Nauvoo to go to graduate school.
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This novel follows the events of WWII as they affect the Thomases, a Mormon family from Salt Lake City, Utah. The parents have sent three of their children into the armed forces, and Sister Thomas has had to go to work, helping her husband run their family businesses. Their role as parents is being reevaluated as their children become more independent and the hardships and realities of the war impact their traditional LDS lifestyle and beliefs.
11) Soldier Boys
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Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join their respective armies during World War II, and their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge.
12) Rumors of war
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Present the story of a Mormon family during World War II. Includes instrumental interludes.
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The final volume of the Children of the Promise series presents a moving picture of what life was like for an ordinary LDS family at the end of World War II. The war is over, and the Thomas family is slowly coming back together at home in Salt Lake City. But that doesn't mean all is well in Zion.