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No man knows my history the life of Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet

In 1823 a young man named Joseph Smith had an encountr with an angel who led him to a cache of golden plates purporting to be the history of the lost tribes of Israel. Out of these new gospels and out of Smith's own charismatic personality and sense of mission- arose an authentically American r...

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Main Author: Brodie, Fawn McKay, 1915-1981.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, 1995.
Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and enl., 1st Vintage Books ed.
Subjects:
Smith, Joseph, > Jr., > 1805-1844.
Mormon Church > Biography.
Summary: In 1823 a young man named Joseph Smith had an encountr with an angel who led him to a cache of golden plates purporting to be the history of the lost tribes of Israel. Out of these new gospels and out of Smith's own charismatic personality and sense of mission- arose an authentically American religion, the Mormon faith.
Physical Description: xiii, 499, xx p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-499) and index.
ISBN: 0679730540
9780679730545
Author Notes: Fawn M. Brodie (1915-1981), raised in Utah, was a biographer and history professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. She was the author of five biographies, four of which incorporate Freudian psychology, including No Man Knows My History- The Life of Joseph Smith, Thaddeus Stevens- Scourge of the South, and her bestseller, Thomas Jefferson- An Intimate History .

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