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The History of Joseph Smith by His Mother

Lucy Mack Smith

Paperback | Pages: 328 pages

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

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An inspiring good read. Lucy Mack Smith is an amazing woman. Many hard tribulations. An eye opener.

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've read many books about the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, but this one is unique. Written by the Mother of the Prophet Joseph Smith, it is so personal, and SO heart wrenching. The Smith family gave everything they had, even their lives, to build the Church we know and love today. Reading this story from the perspective of a mother was particularly poignant... I can't imagine that kind of sacrifice. I've always been grateful to Joseph Smith for restoring the

I loved hearing this history from Joseph's mother and I learned new things about him and the early history of the church, but I learned a lot about Lucy Mack Smith. Although this was a book about Joseph Smith by his mother I felt like it shed a great deal of light on just how amazing, strong, and faithful she was.

I have a new hero and her name is Lucy Mack Smith. I had no idea how awesome she was. And her family. Wow.The one complaint I have with this book is that the title is misleading. I thought I was going to learn more about Joseph Smith, but this was actually more about the whole Smith family as well as the history of the church. I actually did not learn anything new about Joseph.However, I really came to appreciate his family and the struggles of the early church. The chapter towards the end that

This book written by Joseph Smiths mother gives a great supplementary view of the life of Joseph Smith. Having read much by and about Joseph Smith most of the book was old news. The things that did stick out were how Joseph Smiths experience affected the lives of his family members. The large amount of persecution that Joseph Smith faced was fully lived and felt by his family members.