The Making of a Mormon Apostle: The Story of Rudger Clawson

by David S. Hoopes

Traces the life of Clawson, who served on the Mormon church's ruling body and headed the church's British Mission

Genres: Biography

370 pages, Hardcover

First published July 25, 1989

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fascinating glimpse into this era of Mormon history, including the practice of post-manifesto polygamy.

[Jan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about Rudger Clawson, an apostle and member of the First Presidency of the LDS church.

I had never heard of this guy before until I happened to run into some old pictures of Church General Authorities and saw this guy in many of the pictures moving up the ranks.

He was a financial expert (at the turn of the century) who saved Brigham City and the building of the Tabernacle there, among other things.

[Jeff Crosby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting because I didn’t know much about Clawson.

[Paul]

Quoted in Elder Holland's talk April 1995.