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Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism

by Richard L. Bushman

A study of Joseph Smith's early life and the founding years of his church up to 1831, set against the culture of rural New England and New York. Bushman examines the family's religious seeking, the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and the first converts, laying groundwork for his later full biography.

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