A Biographical Sketch of James Jensen

Salt Lake City: The Deseret News, 1911. First Edition. 190pp. Duodecimo {18 cm] Black cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Decorative blind stamping to boards. Floral endsheets and pastedowns. Near fine. Biography of the Mormon pioneer and the leader of the Forest Dale Second Ward in the Sugarhouse area. Forest Dale was originally Brigham Young's Forest Farm. "It was the intention originally to summarize briefly the leading events in the life of James Jensen. Contrary to all expectations, the subject matter of this small volume grew beyond the limitations put upon it. The writer, believing that many of the events connected with this biography and belonging to the history of Forest Dale would be a source of interest to the people generally of the Ward, therefore obtained the consent of the Bishop to the publication of his biography in book form." - from the Foreword. Flake/Draper 8780.