The leather-bound record book that is the focus of this unusual volume was a perfect place for Lorenzo Snow to preserve his outgoing correspondence while incarcerated in the territorial penitentiary. The record book is important for several reasons: - It sheds much-needed light into the thoughts, personality, and life of President Lorenzo Snow. The deftness with which he puts his thoughts into verse, his vocabulary, as well as his humor and compassion, all reveal facets of his intellect and character that are unfamiliar to many Church members today. - The record book is significant for its doctrinal content, particularly Elder Snow's teachings concerning the pre-earth life. - It is an important primary source for students of the antipolygamy crusade. His poems and letters are invaluable in gaining an understanding of how the Saints viewed their persecutions, justified their resistance to the laws, and found the nerve to carry on despite increasingly difficult circumstances. - The book also includes many fascinating photographs.

Within These Prison Walls: Lorenzo Snow's Record Book 1886-1897

Biographies & Memoirs

Richard Neitzel Holzapfel

Andrew H. Hedges

Historical

Deseret Book

A collection of essays by prominent LDS scholars including Richard Bushman and David Holland Approaching Antiquity discusses the interest in the ancient world shared by Joseph Smith and the early Latter-day Saints. Topics include Joseph Smith s fascination with the ancient Americas, his interaction with the Bible, his study of Hebrew and Greek, his reading of Jewish and Christian apocryphal writings, and his work with the Book of Abraham in the context of 19th-century Egyptology. Together, these essays demonstrate that Joseph Smith s interests in antiquity played an important role in his prophetic development as he sought to recover ancient scripture, restore the ancient Church, and bring the Latter-day Saints into fellowship with the sacred past.

Approaching Antiquity: Joseph Smith and the Ancient World

Lincoln H. Blumell

Matthew J. Grey

RSC/Deseret Book Company

The much-anticipated second volume of Joseph Smith's journals, from the historians with the award-winning Joseph Smith Papers Project. This volume covers the Nauvoo, Illinois, period from December 1841 to April 30, 1843. Two major documents are featured in this volume: 
(1) The journal portion of the Book of the Law of the Lord, which served as a combination journal and temple record book. It includes journal entries on revelations received during this time period, letters written and received, and temple donations. 
(2) The first two of four small books titled President Joseph Smith's Journal, kept by Willard Richards during the last years of Joseph Smith's life (the final two books are published in the third and final volume of the Journals series).
The journals provide background information about Joseph Smith's life and early Latter-day Saint history and form the foundation for the official history of the church. Among the key events described in this volume are the creation of the Relief Society, the building of the Nauvoo temple, and revelations on the nature of God and baptism for the dead. Three letters from Emma Smith are also included. 
These journals provide insights about the Joseph Smith's personality, including accounts of him functioning as mayor of Nauvoo, store operator, and general in the Nauvoo Legion.

The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 2, December 1841 - April 1843

History

Alex D. Smith

Richard Lloyd Anderson

World

Church Historian's Press

The 2015 Sperry Symposium explores the modern miracle of the translation and publication of the Book of Mormon. Featuring a keynote address by Elder Merrill J. Bateman in which he discusses the restoration of plain and precious truths, this volume describes the development of the teenage seer Joseph Smith Jr. and includes marvelous accounts of the many witnesses to the plates. It tells the story from Joseph Smith s translation of the sacred record to the process of financing and printing the Book of Mormon and concludes with its message rolling forth to many nations, to every kindred, tongue, and people.

The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon

John Hilton III

Dennis L. Largey

Kerry Hull

Deseret Book Company

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