The Life of Thomas Kearns

Miner, Entrepreneur, Politician, Senator, Newspaper Owner, Enigma. . . Thomas Kearns was all these and more. Beginning as a Park City mine worker in 1883, Kearns created the largest mining company in Utah and built a fortune worth millions in less than 20 years. He then used those millions to enter politics, become a U.S. Senator, purchase a newspaper, start a new political party, and launch a vicious attack on Mormonism. This work, the first full biography of Thomas Kearns, brings Kearns to life and examines his place in Utah's history.