Life of a Pioneer: Being the Autobiography of James S. Brown

This work is an autobiography of an early Mormon Pioneer, James Stephens Brown, who was a notable writer and speaker, was a prominent participant in the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in California. This significant work provides a window into the past. Brown's relationship with historical events of the moment contains the time when the territorial area of the great Republic was almost doubled by the addition of the Pacific slope and the Rocky Mountain region and when the great gold in California was discovered.

The narrative of this book is presented in the simple and straightforward language of the people, with a clarity and power of expression that will be pleasing and impressive to every reader. The aim of the writer was to tell the story of his life for the advantage and amusement of his children and friends and of all others who may read it. Brown describes several compelling and startling incidents of his life with ease in this autobiography.