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From mission to madness : last son of the Mormon prophet / Valeen Tippetts Avery.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1998.Description: xii, 357 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0252023994 (alk. paper)
  • 9780252023996 (alk. paper)
  • 0252067010 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780252067013 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BX8695.S47 A84 1998
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks BX8695.S47A84 1998 1 Available 33710001236764

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-348) and index.

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.

Inscribed by Valeen Avery to Richard Lowitt.