Read the other side of it, it is nowhere NEAR as rosy as Arrington (who wrote faith promoting history only) paints it. There is a dark side that the LDS ignore or flat out lie about.
I can give you some recommendations if you would like.
There was a dark side to the New England colonies, too: the wars of extermination of the neighboring indians tribes, which was a bit like a replay of “Joshua.” But, yes, I would like some recommendations. Perhaps a critique of Mormon theology.