Novels[]
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Title: | 1) Pillar of Light 2) Like a Fire is Burning 3) Truth Will Prevail 4) Thy Gold to Refine 5) A Season of Joy 6) Praise to the Man 7) No Unhallowed Hand 8) So Great a Cause 9) All Is Well |
Author: | Gerald N. Lund |
Release Date: | 1) 1990 2) 1991 3) 1992 4) 1993 5) 1994 6) 1995 7) 1996 8) 1997 9) 1998 |
Genre: | Historical fiction |
Number of Pages: | 1) 437 2) 506 3) 533 4) 605 5) 575 6) 730 7) 634 8) 511 9) 716 |
Description: | The Work and the Glory is a nine-part novel series by Gerald N. Lund chronicling the birth and early growth of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through the lives of the fictional Steed family. The Steeds, throughout the series, meet and come to know well many of the prominent early Church members. The series covers a twenty-year period, opening in 1827 when the Steeds move from Vermont to western New York state, and ending in 1847 when they settle in the Salt Lake Valley. The storyline also includes both fictional and actual events.[1] |
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Violence: | Mild |
Language: | Mild |
Sexual Themes and Nudity: | Mild |
Drugs and Alcohol: | Mild |
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Films[]
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Title: | 1) The Work and the Glory: Pillar of Light 2) The Work and the Glory: American Zion 3) The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided |
Studio: | 1) Excel Entertainment 2) Vineyard Distribution 3) Excel Entertainment |
Release Date: | 1) Nov. 24, 2004; Jan. 21, 2005; Oct. 16, 2006 (re-release) 2) Oct. 13, 2005; Oct. 19, 2005; Oct. 21, 2005; Oct. 30, 2006 (re-release) 3) Nov. 22, 2006; Feb. 2007 |
Length: | 1) 110 minutes 2) 100 minutes 3) 93 minutes |
Description: | 1) Recently moved to upstate New York from the comfort of their Vermont homestead, the Benjamin Steed family makes their way into the established social structure of Palmyra. In their attempt to settle peacefully into the new community, they discover that the help they have hired to clear their land is at the center of a religious controversy - a controversy that threatens to tear the family apart. As two of the Steed brothers contend for the favor of a wealthy merchant's daughter, they find themselves on opposite sides of the religious question. Although the family struggles to smooth the contention, they soon face deeper issues of family loyalty and the pursuit of truth. 2) In November of 1833, the state of Missouri turned a blind eye as hundreds of its peaceful inhabitants were hunted down and driven from their homes in the dead of night. Against this impending strife, a young man with a divine vision leads a people against the aggression of an anti-hero with a vulnerable past. Divided by their diverse reactions to a nascent ideology, the Steeds struggle to hold together as the strength of their convictions and their filial bonds are tested. |
Main Characters: | Benjamin Steed Mary Ann Morgan Joshua Steed Nathan Steed |
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Rating: | 1) PG 2) PG-13 3) PG |
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Violence: | Mild |
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Errors[]
- In the novels, Joshua Steed has black hair; however, it's blond in the films.
Trivia[]
- The title of the novel series (and film trilogy) is from the verse: "For behold, this is my work and my glory--to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man."