Children Of God. An American Epic. Deluxe Edition

VARDIS FISHER

Publication: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1939, Caldwell

Limited Edition (DeLuxe Edition). Signed by Vardis Fisher on the limitation page. The DeLuxe edition of Children of God is limited to one hundred signed and numbered copies, of which this is Number 90. 8 1/4" x 5 1/2" in full black morocco with gilt stamped titles between double gilt ruled lines on the spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. 769pp. Children of God tells the story of the Mormon movement under Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. In 1939 the work won the Harper Novel Prize. Fisher draws on his own experience growing up among the Mormons of Eastern Idaho. "Frederick M. Smith, president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, strongly repudiated the book in the Kansas City Times. Mormon literary critic Michael Austin called Children of God 'one of the most influential novels about Mormonism ever published.'" Previous owners name neatly written at top edge of ffep. Light rubbing to spine and extremities. Very good.

Inventory Number: 48894