Journey Takers , The

Leslie Albrecht Huber's ancestors were journey takers, joining the LDS Church in Germany, Sweden, and England and setting sail to start new lives in Zion. Huber sets out to trace these journeys and to understand her family - who they were and what mattered to them. But as she follows in their footsteps, walking the paths they walked and looking over the land they farmed, she finds herself on a journey she hadn't expected. Based on thousands of hours of research, Huber recreates the immigration experience in a way that captures both its sweeping historical breadth and its intimately personal consequences.