Bibliograph

No man knows my history, the life of Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet, Fawn M. Brodie

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No man knows my history, the life of Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet, Fawn M. Brodie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-499) and index

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individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

No man knows my history

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

36510049

Responsibility statement

Fawn M. Brodie

Sub title

the life of Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet

Summary

In 1823 a young man named Joseph Smith had an encountr with an angel who led him to a cache of golden plates purporting to be the history of the lost tribes of Israel. Out of these new gospels and out of Smith's own charismatic personality and sense of mission- arose an authentically American religion, the Mormon faith

Table Of Contents

Gods are among the people -- Treasures in the earth -- Red sons of Israel -- Marvelous work and a wonder -- Witnesses for God -- Prophet of Palmyra -- Perfect society and the promised land -- Temple-builder -- Expulsion from Eden -- Army of the Lord -- Patronage and punishment -- Master of languages -- My kingdom is of this world -- Disaster in Kirtland -- Valley of God -- Alcoran or the sword -- Ordeal in Liberty jail -- Nauvoo -- Mysteries of the Kingdom -- In the quiver of the almighty -- If a man entice a maid -- Bennett explosion -- Into hiding -- Wives of the Prophet -- Candidate for president -- Prelude to destruction -- Carthage -- Epilogue -- Supplement -- Appendix A. Documents on the early life of Joseph Smith -- Appendix The Spaulding-Rigdon theory -- Appendix C. The plural wives of Joseph Smith

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