Best Biographies

Post by **_Jersey Girl** » Sun May 04, 2008 5:36 am

I'm getting together my summer reading "pile" and would like your suggestions for best biographies you've read.

Thanks!
Jersey Girl

Post by **_Bond...James Bond** » Sun May 04, 2008 5:39 am

A Beautiful Mind about John Nash by Sylvia Nasar. I really wish I understood Mathematics so I could understand the first half of the book, but it's very good.

Post by **_Gazelam** » Sun May 04, 2008 6:45 am

My wife recommends Escape by Carolyn Jessop. Just remember that these people werent Mormons. They were scumbag apostates.

The last one I read was Porter Rockwell: A Biography by Richard Lloyd Dewey

Porter Rockwells life was incredible. You could pick 5 years out of any section of his life and make a great movie about it.

Post by **_Mercury** » Sun May 04, 2008 2:59 pm

1491:

http://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Columbus/dp/140004006X

Post by **_Mercury** » Sun May 04, 2008 3:02 pm

Gazelam wrote:
Porter Rockwells life was incredible. You could pick 5 years out of any section of his life and make a great movie about it.

Too bad no Mormons would be able to see it. R rated movies are a nono Gaz.

Post by **_Trevor** » Sun May 04, 2008 4:15 pm

Mercury wrote:Too bad no Mormons would be able to see it. R rated movies are a nono Gaz.

If they could so easily Disney-ify Emma's and Joseph's lives, I am sure they can find a way to do it with Porter's. All it requires is to omit much of the truth and replace is with mawkish sentiment.

Post by **_Doctor Steuss** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:07 pm

Gazelam wrote:

The last one I read was Porter Rockwell: A Biography by Richard Lloyd Dewey

Porter Rockwells life was incredible. You could pick 5 years out of any section of his life and make a great movie about it.

I enjoyed this one when I read it. From what I recall (it was almost 6 years ago when I read it), Dewey had a habit of imagining Rockwell into quite a few situations. He did give a pretty good overview of the Utah War though.

All in all, I prefer Schindler's biography on Rockwell over Dewey's. Both are worth reading though as Dewey (again, If I recall correctly) did help provide evidence that casts doubt on a few murders that Schindler attributed to Rockwell.

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Although I haven't read it yet (it is sitting on my shelf under a large pile of other books I need to get to), I have heard fairly good things about Bitton's biography on George Q. Cannon.