Joseph Smith's Kirtland: Eyewitness Accounts

by Karl Ricks Anderson

Book Overview

This book gives us a real flavor of life in Kirtland during the years the Latter-day Saints lived there. The author lets the people of that time speak to us through their personal journals,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157345205X
• ISBN13: 9781573452052
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Deseret Book Co
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful vignettes of life in Kirtland in the time of Joseph Smith

This book gives us a real flavor of life in Kirtland during the years the Latter-day Saints (Mormons) lived there. The author lets the people of that time speak to us through their personal journals, newspapers, and books. While the author does provide a brief introduction in order to give us context for each vignette, he let's us learn about the events and times directly from those who lived them. While the next to the last chapter discusses the Church leaving Kirtland, the last chapter gives us helpful and inspiring information about the Church returning to Kirtland in the 1950s and the growth of the Church since that time. If you visit the city now you can not only enjoy the rebuilt historical sites and visitors' center, you can also note the beautiful church buildings the local residents use for worship and other meetings throughout the week. It is a delightful book to read and is designed mainly for members of the Church and others who are interested in the Church during the early 1830s. It is not meant to be a critical history or to strike up controversy and I am thankful for that. Mr. Anderson also provides us with illustrations, tables, and the inside covers have a map of the city from those times (well, town). There are also endnotes and a helpful index.