America's Choir: A Commemorative Portrait of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

In July, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir will celebrate a record-breaking 75 years of continual broadcast. This commemorative coffee-table book explores the history of the choir, which rose from humble beginnings among the 1847 pioneers and has become one of the most highly regarded choral groups in the world. More than 200 images complement the text, many of them in color. Although Swinton sometimes engages in gushing hyperbole, she is an excellent storyteller, teasing from the history some unforgettable stories. Excellent sidebars throughout the book explain elements of the choir's music and mission-from the famous batons of the choir's conductors and the changes in its costumes through the decades to the choir's bestselling recordings and various international tours. The book is a companion volume to a documentary film by Lee Groberg that is narrated by Walter Cronkite.