The Joseph Smith Papers: Histories: Volume 2: Assigned Histories, 1831-1847

by Karen Lynn Davidson, Richard L. Jensen, David J. Whittaker

Overview

Volume 2 of the Histories series, published in 2012, presents four histories written by church historians by assignment from Joseph Smith. The volume includes works by two men, John Whitmer and John Corrill, who both distanced themselves from the church before finishing their histories. Also found in volume 2 are two histories published in Latter-day Saint newspapers, William W. Phelps’s “Rise and Progress of the Church of Christ” and the Times and Seasonsseries “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints, in Missouri.” Together these histories provide a rich, multifaceted view of the early years of the Latter-day Saint movement, particularly the “Mormon War” of 1838.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629732909
Publisher:	The Church Historian's Press
Publication date:	11/15/2014
Series:	The Joseph Smith Papers: Documents , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Karen Lynn Davidson is a former member of the English faculty and director of the honors program at Brigham Young University.