Title: From mission to madness : last son of the Mormon prophet /
Authors: Avery, Valeen Tippetts.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Smith, David H.; Smith, David H.; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Biography.; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints History.; Mormons Biography; Mormon Church Biography.; Mormon Church History
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.