Name/Title
From mission to madness :last son of the Mormon prophet /Valeen Tippetts Avery.Description
Introduction: Mormonism established, 1830-44 -- Exodus and aftermath: the Smiths in Nauvoo, 1844-50 -- Childhood in a river town, 1850-63 -- Becoming a Josephite, 1863-65 -- Preacher on the prairies, 1866-68 -- The "son of promise" in Utah, 1869 -- David and Clara, 1869-71 -- The wanderer, outwardbound, 1871-72 -- The sins of the father, 1872 -- Seances in Zion, 1872 -- The feeble light of reason, 1872-73 -- "So sore a broken joint on which to lean," 1873-77 -- David and Charley, 1872-77 -- The asylum for the insane, 1877-80 -- The sweet singer in decline, 1880-1904.
xii, 357 p. :ill. ;24 cm.Book Details
Author
Avery, Valeen Tippetts.Date Published
circa 1998Publication Subjects
Mormons--Biography.
Mormon Church--Biography.
Mormon Church--History.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Biography.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History.
Smith, David Hyrum.Call No.
BX 8695 .S47 A84 1998ISBN
0252023994 (alk. paper), 0252067010 (pbk. : alk. paper)LCCN
97045251Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-348) and index.