Joseph Smith: A Biography

by Richard Lloyd Dewey

Book Overview

This is the fastest-moving of all biographies on Joseph Smith, and certainly the most readable, written in the inimitable style of the best-selling author of Porter Rockwell: A Biography, which was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929753151
• ISBN13: 9780929753157
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Stratford Books
• Length: 531 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

I Feel I Know Him...

If you ever desired to have a book about Joseph Smith that REALLY told his story - this is the book for you. It starts from the time he was born, goes through all his family and is the detail that you'd look for in a Biography. Dewey is an incredible author who does his research. The research that Richard Lloyd Dewey does is amazing. He even goes as far as to reference his sources as he writes and it just blends smoothly that it doesn't interrupt the flow of the reading. It's comforting to know that what you're reading is true, and it shows the evidence as you read it. Be ready to have a good long read as this book is THICK. Which makes sense - he's writing about someone's ENTIRE life in detail!

Factual with color.

I got this book for my father who is a very big fan of history and biography literature. I figured a biography of Joseph Smith would be a subject he has yet to learn about and would make a good Christmas present. Upon recieving it, I cracked it open to read a few paragraphs. And then I read a few more, and a few more still until I finally closed if for fear of making it appear I had given my father a second hand book. I am not a Mormon and so until I found the book, I had never even heard of Joseph Smith. The several chapters I read were captivating. This is not a boring history textbook. Richard Lloyd Dewey has, as my 13 year old aspiring author daughter would say, a strong voice. I'm looking forward to my father finishing this book so I can get it back and finish reading it myself!