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To the Rescue chronicles the life and ministry of this extraordinary leader. It is filled with the heartwarming personal accounts so typical of President Monson - some that have become favorites over time and many others that have not been told before. Readers will be transported to his childhood, where he learned his first lessons about reaching out to others. They will glimpse his school experiences, his hobbies (especially his prize Birmingham roller pigeons), his military service in the navy, and his courtship with Frances Johnson, who would become his eternal companion and greatest support. Most important, readers will observe Thomas S. Monson going "to the rescue" in his more than six decades of devoted Church service. Called as a bishop at age twenty-two, as a counselor in a stake presidency at age twenty-seven, as a mission president at age thirty-one, and as a member of a Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at age thirty-six, he became early on a skilled administrator and a tireless servant of the Lord.
About the Author
Heidi Sorensen Swinton (born 1948) is an author, screenwriter and historian who has written several books to accompany historical documentaries created by film-maker Lee Groberg. Swinton was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Frederick Christian Sorensen and his wife Harriet Horne. Swinton is a stepdaughter of Leonard J. Arrington. Swinton is a descendant of George A. Smith. She and her husband, Jeffrey C. Swinton, also a descendant of George A. Smith, spent their honeymoon in England seeking for where in England the earliest Smith ancestors came from. [2]Swinton is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) . In the LDS Church, she served for a time as a member of the Relief Society General Board as well as at different times as both a Primary and Young Women president at the ward level. Her husband Jeffrey has served as an area seventy, stake president, and bishop in the LDS Church. He spent his career as a lawyer, working for the Salt Lake City lawfirm of Stoker and Swinton at the time he was called to preside over the England London South Mission in 2006. Swinton attended the University of Utah and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Among works that Swinton has contributed writing to are Trail of Hope, American Prophet, Sacred Stone which was the story of the Nauvoo Temple, Sweetwater Rescue, and America's Choir about the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. She also written biographies of D. Arthur Haycock and Joseph Anderson. She has also co-authored articles on buildings such as the Hotel Utah and the Relief Society Building. From 2006-2009 she was serving as a missionary in England along with her husband Jeffrey Swinton who was president of the England London South Mission. While in England Swinton contributed a column to Meridian Magazine entitled "Mission Mum".Heidi and Jeffrey Swinton are the parents of five sons. In September 2010 a biography of Thomas S. Monson written by Swinton was released.
