Education
He received his bachelor"s degree from Weber State University, a master"s degree in Near Eastern Studies from Brigham Young University and his Doctor of Philosophy in American History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
He received his bachelor"s degree from Weber State University, a master"s degree in Near Eastern Studies from Brigham Young University and his Doctor of Philosophy in American History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
He was also the author of On This Day in Church History: An Illustrated Almanac of the Latter-day Saints. He co-authored The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context with Alonzo L. Gaskill and J. Spencer Fluhman. He was also a co-editor of Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: Pennsylvania and New New York
Most recently Hedges published with Richard North. Holzapfel the journal of Lorenzo Snow for the period he was imprisoned on polygamy charges.