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From mission to madness : last son of the Mormon prophet

Title
From mission to madness : last son of the Mormon prophet / Valeen Tippetts Avery.
Author
Avery, Valeen Tippetts.
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Description
xii, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Smith, David H. 1844-1904
  • Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints > Biography
  • Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints > History
  • Mormons > Biography
  • Mormon Church > Biography
  • Mormon Church > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-348) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Mormonism Established, 1830-44 -- 1. Exodus and Aftermath: The Smiths in Nauvoo, 1844-50 -- 2. Childhood in a River Town, 1850-63 -- 3. Becoming a Josephite, 1863-65 -- 4. Preacher on the Prairies, 1866-68 -- 5. The "Son of Promise" in Utah, 1869 -- 6. David and Clara, 1869-71 -- 7. The Wanderer, Outward Bound, 1871-72 -- 8. The Sins of the Father, 1872 -- 9. Seances in Zion, 1872 -- 10. The Feeble Light of Reason, 1872-73 -- 11. "So Sore a Broken Joint on Which to Lean," 1873-77 -- 12. David and Charley, 1872-77 -- 13. The Asylum for the Insane, 1877-80 -- 14. The Sweet Singer in Decline, 1880-1904.
ISBN
  • 0252023994 (alk. paper)
  • 0252067010 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
97045251
OCLC
ocm37843853
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries