Martin Harris: Uncompromising Witness of the Book of Mormon

by Susan Easton Black, Larry C. Porter

Overview

Martin Harris: Uncompromising Witness of the Book of Mormon reveals the compelling story of a man who struggled to keep his faith in the prophetic calling of Joseph Smith and the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. His is a story of fascination with worldly honors, flirtations with apostasy, and pride that nearly cost him the joy of his later years in the West. It is the biography of a witness who clung tenaciously to his testimony of the Book of Mormon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781942161592
Publisher:	Deseret Book Company
Publication date:	09/13/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	10 MB

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Acknowledgements xi

1 In Search of Religious Freedom 1

2 Pressing against the Frontier 15

3 An Honest, Industrious Citizen 45

4 Trouble at Home 73

5 The Lost Manuscript 103

6 They Called Him Witness 123

7 "The Plates Must Be Translated, Printed, and Sent before the World" 151

8 "Ye Shall Go to the Ohio" 189

9 A Committed Saint 219

10 The Pendulum Swings 255

11 Every Wind of Doctrine 301

12 The Heavy Price of Choice 347

13 Unrest in the Harris Household 377

14 "Rest Assured, Martin Harris Will Be Here in Time" 415

15 A New Home in Smithfield 445

16 Clarkston: The Last Nine Months 485

Appendix A Chronology of Martin Harris 523

Appendix B Martin's Children 537

Appendix C Martin Harris Family Genealogy in America 539

Appendix D The Palmyra Farm 546

Appendix E An Interview with Martin Harris by William Pilkington 549

Appendix F Keeping Sacred Traditions Alive 552

Appendix G Martin Harris Jr. in Retrospect and Caroline Young Harris Remembered 556

Selected Bibliography 567

Index 579