BYU Studies Quarterly
Article Title
“Cows to Milk Instead of Novels to Read”: Brigham Young, Novel Reading, and Kingdom Building
Keywords
Mormon studies, Brigham Young, novels, reading
Abstract
To read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise.
—Henry David Thoreau
Read the true and the wise. The perusal of the rest is worse than time wasted, it is time abused.
—Brigham Young
Recommended Citation
Cracroft, Richard H.
(2001)
"“Cows to Milk Instead of Novels to Read”: Brigham Young, Novel Reading, and Kingdom Building,"
BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 40:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol40/iss2/6