Uncle of the Prophet: The Life and Achievements of John Smith
Eborn Books, 2016. First printing. Hardcover/dust jacket. 369pp. This biography chronicles John Smith's life, from his New England heritage to his conversion in Potsdam, New York. It details his struggles as he moved across the United States in search of freedom to practice his religion with his wife, Clarissa, and three children, George A., John Lyman, and Caroline. Persecution drove him from New York to Ohio, Missouri to Illinois, Iowa to the Rocky Mountains, living in places familiar to many historians of Mormonism's beginnings: Kirtland, Adam-ondi-Ahman, Zarahemla, Nauvoo, Winter Quarters, Salt Lake City. John witnessed as mobs burned the Saints' homes, stole their property, and issued an act of total extermination. Following a short period of peace in Nauvoo, John traveled to the Salt Lake Valley on one of the greatest western migrations in modern history. While other Smiths stayed behind in Illinois, John followed Brigham Young to find rest in Utah. Until his death, he served as the presiding patriarch of the church. New. Item #28467
ISBN: 9781890718473
Price: $39.95