Life History and Writings of John Jaques. Including a Diary of the Martin Handcart Company

[Rexburg, ID]: Ricks College Press, 1978. First Edition. 386pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Red grained buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. About very good. Minor wear to boards with a faint toning to head of front pastedown. John Jaques (1827-1900), born in Leicestershire, England, he converted to Mormonism in 1845. He emigrated with his family to America in 1856 and crossed the plains with the fated Martin Handcart Company. His daughter was among those who died. He returned to England as a missionary (1869-71), and there, at Stratford-upon-Avon, he penned the Mormon hymn, "O Say, What Is Truth." After his return from England he worked for the Deseret News and in the Church Historian's Office. (Inventory #: 10597)