Frank J. Cannon: Saint, Senator, Scoundrel

Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 2020. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. New. 369pp Octavo [23cm] Pictorial wraps. Frank J. Cannon,newspaperman, congressional delegate, and senator was instrumental in achieving statehood for Utah, which had much difficulty because of the polygamist practices of the LDS church. It does not matter that Cannon advocated for judicial mercy upon polygamist offenders, once he opposed the election of Mormon Apostle Reed Smoot the good favor Cannon held with the church evaporated. Cannon then spearheaded the National Reform Associations's anti-Mormon crusade. This book is the story of Cannon and his ups and downs with the Latter-Day Saints.