Crozier Kimball Life Work LDS Family History WW2 Memorial 1995 1st Ed Hardcover
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Crozier Kimball: His Life and Work
Vaughn Roberts Kimball: A Memorial (Crozier's son who was killed WW2 on a carrier off Okinawa, 1945)
by Marva Jeanne Kimball Pedersen
Published by the Crozier Kimball Family (1995)
Condition:
BRAND NEW 1st Edition Hardcover Book! The binding is tight and all 600+ pages within are bright white with NO WRITING, UNDERLINING, HIGH-LIGHTING, RIPS, TEARS, BENDS OR FOLDS. There are a plethora of vintage photos and documents reprinted within this two stories! The covers are perfect, as can be seen in my photos. The book apears unread in every way. You will be happy with this one! Always handled and packaged with care! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking!
About the Book:
The Kimball name occupies a singular place in Latter-day Saint history, and Crozier Kimball: His Life and Work — published in 1995 by the Crozier Kimball Family and authored by Marva Jeanne Kimball Pedersen — is a privately produced biographical volume that honors one branch of that distinguished lineage with remarkable depth, care, and documentary richness.
At over 600 pages, this is no casual family memoir. Pedersen has assembled a comprehensive life history of Crozier Kimball, tracing his personal journey, his faith, his work, and his place within the broader Kimball family legacy that stretches across the full sweep of Latter-day Saint history. Crozier Kimball's adult life was characterized by his extensive service as a missionary and leader within the LDS Church. His missions across the United States and his role as a bishop in his local ward showcased his leadership qualities and his deep commitment to spreading and nurturing the faith.The volume is generously illustrated throughout with a wealth of vintage photographs and reproduced historical documents — primary source materials of genuine research value that bring the narrative vividly to life and ground it firmly in the historical record.
Bound within the same covers is a second, deeply moving tribute: Vaughn Roberts Kimball: A Memorial, honoring Crozier's son, who gave his life in service to his country during the final months of World War II — killed aboard a carrier off Okinawa in 1945. This memorial section transforms the volume into something larger than a family history. It becomes a document of sacrifice, of a generation that answered the call, and of a family that carried its grief with grace and faith. For collectors of LDS biography, World War II memorial literature, or American family history, this dual narrative adds exceptional depth and emotional resonance.
Privately published family histories of this scope are produced in strictly limited quantities and rarely appear on the open market in any condition. This first edition copy presents in brand-new, apparently unread condition throughout — 600-plus pristine pages, a tight binding, and perfect covers — an extraordinary survival and a volume worthy of any serious collection.
About author, Marva Jeanne Kimball Pedersen:
Marva Jeanne Kimball Pedersen wrote Crozier Kimball: His Life and Work as both a labor of love and an act of historical preservation — the kind of deeply personal scholarly undertaking that only a family insider could accomplish with such intimacy and documentary thoroughness. Writing from within the Kimball family tradition, Pedersen brought to the project not only access to private papers, photographs, and oral histories unavailable to outside researchers, but also the generational perspective necessary to place Crozier Kimball's life within its proper Latter-day Saint and American historical context.
Her work reflects the best traditions of privately commissioned family biography: meticulous in its documentation, generous in its use of primary sources, and written with the kind of quiet, respectful authority that comes from genuine personal investment in the subject. The inclusion of the memorial tribute to Vaughn Roberts Kimball demonstrates Pedersen's sensitivity as a writer — her ability to honor not only a life fully lived but one cut tragically short, and to do so with dignity and historical care.
Though Pedersen may not be a household name in LDS publishing circles, her contribution to the documentary record of one of the faith's most storied family lines is substantial, and this volume stands as a lasting testament to her dedication and skill.
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