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Original Title:	The History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
ISBN:	157734720X (ISBN13: 9781577347200)

The History of Joseph Smith by His Mother

Lucy Mack Smith

Paperback | Pages: 328 pages

Rating: 4.38 | 5154 Users | 427 Reviews

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Title	:	The History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Author	:	Lucy Mack Smith
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 328 pages
Published	:	September 1st 2000 by Covenant Communications Inc. (first published June 1st 1844)
Categories	:	Religion. Biography. Christianity. Lds. Nonfiction. History. Church

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Okay, can I just say that I ROCK for finishing this book? It took a lot of perseverence, lemme tell ya. I picked it up at the library last November or so. “Hey,” I thought to myself. “This would be a good thing to read right now, with all the celebrations of Joseph Smith going on for the 200th anniversary of his birth.” (Remember that? Yeah, it was kind of awhile ago.) Despite my slow-going approach to reading the book, it was interesting and, for the most part, very readable. Mother Smith includes lots of things I had heard before through the scriptures (or through The Work and the Glory ;-)), but there’s plenty of interesting tidbits and facts about the Smith family that I learned. I had heard that Alvin, Joseph’s older brother, had died before the church was restored (but after the First Vision), but I had never heard why — he had some minor ailment and an inexperienced doctor gave him something that more or less poisoned him. It was inspiring to read about Mother Smith, who despite the many trials she faced, remained firm in her faith. Even in her younger years, she lost her sisters; she had stillborn children and babies who only lived a few weeks; her children became sick with typhoid fever (prompting the problems with Joseph’s leg when he was young); her family underwent financial hardship after financial hardship; and her son’s life was sought after even before he had his Vision (and, of course, many times afterwards). Her husband and sons were imprisoned many times and she lost numerous grandchildren. After arriving in Nauvoo, Mother Smith lost a husband, four sons, a daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren in the course of just a few years. You cannot help but ache with gratitude for this woman’s strength. The editors of this volume did a nice job with the book, too. There were tons of endnotes which helped place events in context. By reading the notes, I felt like I was getting a better-rounded picture of Church History. I especially appreciated their work on the “characters” of the book. For every figure in Church History mentioned in the book, they included a biographical sketch of that person in the endnotes, including things like when and where they had joined the Church, important events surrounding their service in the Church, and what happened to them following that point in Mother Smith’s story (apostasy, continued service in the Church, martyrdom, etc.) It was a great book to learn more about Church History in just one volume. This book was long and a little tedious at times — but it was valuable reading.

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With all the tragedy, hell, misery, and death that Joseph and his family went through, you'd think he'd recant everything and say "Never mind, I made all of this stuff up; I don't want all of this trouble", if the church wasn't true. They continued on in their testimonies because the truth was restored to the earth. How could they deny it? This is one thing this account from his mother re-affirmed to me...the testimony that Jesus Christ's Church was restored through this great prophet. I read

This might be my most favorite book of all time. Lucy Mack Smith is a natural author. She's so talented, strong, opinionated, sensitive...I really loved this lady after reading this book. There is so much to the life of Joseph Smith that we don't hear in church. We hear mostly the basic, watered down version of stories. This is an accurate account of all the awesome happenings in Joseph's lives...but with 10 times the details. This is the abridged version, which I've heard that some

Okay, can I just say that I ROCK for finishing this book? It took a lot of perseverence, lemme tell ya.I picked it up at the library last November or so. Hey, I thought to myself. This would be a good thing to read right now, with all the celebrations of Joseph Smith going on for the 200th anniversary of his birth. (Remember that? Yeah, it was kind of awhile ago.)Despite my slow-going approach to reading the book, it was interesting and, for the most part, very readable.Mother Smith includes

I loved hearing about the Prophet Joseph Smith from his mother. She gives an up front view of what was happening in their family from the time Joseph was a little boy. It is so neat that he came from good ancestors who were religious. It is wonderful how his family supported him from the beginning and enjoyed sitting around together in the evening discussing the things he was learning from angels and from the Book of Mormon.

There is so much to learn from Mother Smiths example.

Amazing testimony-building book, detailing many events in the life of the Prophet Joseph Smith. The way his mother writes is compelling and her descriptions and explanations are vivid. She starts off with the history of some of her own family members, which are both heartbreaking and fascinating. Most of the book, however, focuses on Joseph's childhood and events before during and after the Sacred Grove experience. I do wish there were less gaps in time, especially during his life as Prophet,

This book was very interesting. I could feel the strength of this woman as she recounted what her son, Joseph Smith went through in proclaiming his beliefs and what he was called to do as a Prophet of God in these latter days. Actually, the whole family passed through much tribulation to help him fulfill what he had been called of God to do. The persecution heaped upon this family and all who followed this Young Prophet was hard to comprehend especially in a country established on freedom. Her