An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith
Published for the first time in their entirety, the personal diaries and journals of Mormon founder Joseph Smith (1805-44) provide an unequaled view of this controversial American religious leader. Previous compilations have drawn from carefully selected and sometimes rewritten passages of Smith's diaries and journals. In the present, unexpurgated edition, Smith emerges as believable and human, willing to allow both descendants and followers a complete look at his beliefs and personality.\ \...
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Published for the first time in their entirety, the personal diaries and journals of Mormon founder Joseph Smith (1805-44) provide an unequaled view of this controversial American religious leader. Previous compilations have drawn from carefully selected and sometimes rewritten passages of Smith's diaries and journals. In the present, unexpurgated edition, Smith emerges as believable and human, willing to allow both descendants and followers a complete look at his beliefs and personality.
AcknowledgementsixIntroductionxiMapxxiA Joseph Smith ChronologyxxiiiProminent CharactersxxxvA Joseph Smith BibliographyliiiThe DocumentsIAutobiographical Sketch, 1832 - "A History of the life of Joseph Smith, Jr."3IIDiary and Journal, 1832-34 - "Joseph Smith, Jr. Record Book"9IIIDiary and Journal, 1835-36 - "Sketch Book for the use of Joseph Smith, Jr."33IVJournal, 1838 - "The Scriptory Book of Joseph Smith, Jr."159VJournal, 1838-39 - "James Mulholland M' Joseph Smith['s] Jour[n]al"225VIJournal, 1839 - "Minute Book, 1839 J[oseph] Smith's Journal234VIIJournal, ca. 1841-43 - "The Book of the Law of the Lord" - Excerpts242VIIIJournal, 1842-43 - "President Joseph Smith's Journal 1843 As kept by Willard Richards"256IXJournal, 1843331XJournal, 1843-44397XIJournal, 1844 - "President Joseph Smith['s] Journal Kept by W[illard] Richards Vol[ume] 4"450Index497
