From mission to madness
Subtitle: last son of the Mormon prophet
By: Valeen Tippetts Avery.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Smith, David Hyrum.; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- Biography.; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- History.; Mormons -- Biography.; Mormon Church -- History.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-348) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Mormonism established, 1830-44; title: Exodus and aftermath: the Smiths in Nauvoo, 1844-50; title: Childhood in a river town, 1850-63; title: Becoming a Josephite, 1863-65; title: Preacher on the prairies, 1866-68; title: The "son of promise" in Utah, 1869; title: David and Clara, 1869-71; title: The wanderer, outwardbound, 1871-72; title: The sins of the father, 1872; title: Seances in Zion, 1872; title: The feeble light of reason, 1872-73; title: "So sore a broken joint on which to lean," 1873-77; title: David and Charley, 1872-77; title: The asylum for the insane, 1877-80; title: The sweet singer in decline, 1880-1904.