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Latest from Mormon Land: Historian Richard Bushman sought a blessing for a surprising apostle

By Salt Lake Tribune · October 29, 2026 · 1 min read
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Six "did you know?" takeaways from a new biography of LDS historian Richard Bushman. Did you know, for instance, that he dodged a Mark Hofmann forgery? Did you know he got a blessing from academic-wary apostle Boyd K. Packer?

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