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Title	:	The History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Author	:	Lucy Mack Smith
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe 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

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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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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I read this book while I was in college, but had a desire to go back and read it again now that I'm a mother. Though I'm very familiar with the events of the restoration, there were a number of things that I didn't know and/or had forgotten.The entire Smith family (and nearly all of the early members of the LDS Church) were such incredible people. The trials they endured were so hard for me to even read about. I can't imagine having actually lived them. I loved the footnotes added throughout the

I loved reading this book written by Joseph's Mother, Lucy. It is a wonderful book depicting the joys and sorrows of the Smith family from her view. I was a bit surprised that the title is named the History of Joseph Smith, as it seems to hold more of a history of the entire Smith family. Joseph was mentioned much less than I thought he would be. That is not bad, just different than I pictured. It was nice reading thru Lucy's eyes and picturing her viewpoint. She was a very loving, faithful

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

A fresh new view of events in the early Church. It was interesting to read about Lucy Mack Smith - I think she's somewhat of an unsung hero. What a spitfire!

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.

The pages of this history are filled with an honest and love filled account of Joseph Smith's history which will bring an honest reader closer to an understanding of the love that flowed from the Smith family for the gospel of Jesus Christ. This history by Lucky Mack Smith does not lack inaccuracies, as opposed to a polished, technical, detail oriented account which must be left for academia. Surely each of these types of historical literature has its place, but this account will give a reader a

This book is not entirely historically accurate. Mother Smith's account is limited by two factors. First, as the mother of Joseph and Hyrum, how could anyone expect her to be objective? And how could anyone fairly view that inability to be objective as a moral failing on her part? Second, it is unlikely Mother Smith had first-hand knowledge of many of the historical gaps or inaccuracies in her book. For example, it is unlikely Mother Smith had first hand knowledge of the extent of Joseph Smith's