"The Crisis is over, now the healing must begin", so says Winston Churchill following World War II.

In 1901, Winston Churchill authored the book "The Crisis", of which we have an original copy which belonged to Vern Skeem of Nephi, Utah. At the beginning of World War II England's Sir Winston became the solitary leader fighting against Nazi controlled Germany. Through unbelievable odds, he was instrumental to muster up courage to fight to the end. If he had lived long enough President Franklin Roosevelt would have followed the Churchill lead to not harbor ill feelings to the people of Germany, but to assist them to heal as did President Truman. Even Japanese Emperor Hirohito declared "his desire to terminate the war". Perhaps, just perhaps, their thoughts could now help all Americans, who can recognize the importance of putting down the weapons of words, and take up the cause of continued freedom and permit political entities to heal for the benefit of all. On page 522 of  "The Crisis", Winston Churchill concluded "One more word. This book is written of a time when feeling ran high. It has been necessary to put strong speech into the mouths of the characters. The breach that threated our country's existence is healed now. There is no side but Abraham Lincoln's side. And this side, with all reverence and patriotism, the author has tried to take. Abraham Lincoln loved the South as well as the North." The book was donated to the Nephi City Library on Nov. 18th, 2016.