One Hundred Years of Mormonism: A History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from 1805 to 1905 is a comprehensive account of the Mormon Church's first century. Written by John Henry Evans, a prominent member of the Church, the book covers the Church's founding by Joseph Smith in 1805, its early struggles and persecution, its growth and expansion across the United States and into other countries, and its development of unique doctrines...