Table of Contents Title Page Dedication Epigraph Praise MAPS JOSEPH SMITH CHRONOLOGY FOUR GENERATIONS OF JOSEPH SMITH’S FAMILY PROLOGUE PREFACE ONE - THE JOSEPH SMITH FAMILY SOLOMON AND LYDIA MACK ASAEL AND MARY SMITH JOSEPH AND LUCY SMITH MIGRATION TWO - THE FIRST VISIONS SETTLEMENT REVELATIONS MORONI MONEY TREASURE MARRIAGE FAMILY RELIGION THREE - TRANSLATION THE PLATES MARTIN HARRIS OLIVER COWDERY WITNESSES PUBLICATION FOUR - A NEW BIBLE CRITICISM INDIANS LAMANITES THE BIBLE AMERICA AND ISRAEL A REVELATION OF JOSEPH SMITH FIVE - THE CHURCH OF CHRIST CONVERSIONS TRIALS DISSENSION GATHERING SIX - JOSEPH, MOSES, AND ENOCH REVELATION TRANSLATION MOSES ENOCH REVISION SEVEN - THE KIRTLAND VISIONARIES VISIONARIES THE LAW AN ENDOWMENT OF POWER EIGHT - ZION NEW JERUSALEM OBJECTIONS BOOK OF COMMANDMENTS NINE - THE BURDEN OF ZION TAR AND FEATHERS TROUBLE IN ZION EVENING AND MORNING STAR SADNESS IRRITATIONS NEW YORK BRIGHAM YOUNG SOUTH CAROLINA REPRISE TEN - EXALTATION “THE VISION” PRIESTHOOD LIGHT AND TRUTH THE SCHOOL OF THE PROPHETS ELEVEN - CITIES OF ZION TEMPLE CITY PLANS PERSECUTION REDRESS TWELVE - THE CHARACTER OF A PROPHET ZION’S CAMP CHARGES THIRTEEN - PRIESTHOOD AND CHURCH GOVERNMENT LAYERS PRIESTHOOD FAMILY CHURCH ORGANIZATION CHART, 1835 POLITICAL THEORY FOURTEEN - VISITORS MATTHIAS FIFTEEN - TEXTS DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS ABRAHAM TRANSLATING SIXTEEN - STRIFE NEXT YEAR IN ZION SEVENTEEN - THE ORDER OF HEAVEN LIFE IN KIRTLAND ENDOWMENT PENTECOST DEDICATION AFTERMATH EIGHTEEN - REVERSES FANNY ALGER CLAY COUNTY FINANCES WILFORD WOODRUFF’S KIRTLAND APOSTASY ZION NINETEEN - TRIALS A NEW ZION DISSENT DANITES TWENTY - WAR GALLATIN SURRENDER CAPTIVES REPRISE TWENTY-ONE - IMPRISONMENT PRISON LETTERS RETURN THE TWELVE HISTORY TWENTY-TWO - WASHINGTON PETITIONS IN PUBLIC THE PUBLIC DEBATE TWENTY-THREE - BEAUTIFUL PLACE WORLD CITY THE CHARTER TWENTY-FOUR - TEMPORALITIES AND SPIRITUALITIES DOCTRINE TEMPLE LAW AND POLITICS THOMAS SHARP LAND AND DEBT TWENTY-FIVE - STORIES OF ETERNITY MARRIAGE THE RELIEF SOCIETY ENDOWMENT ABRAHAM A TRANSLATION TWENTY-SIX - PERILS DISSENSION IN HIDING STRATEGY REFLECTIONS TRIALS TWENTY-SEVEN - THICKETS MYSTERIES EMMA AND JOSEPH TWENTY-EIGHT - CITY AND KINGDOM CAPITALISM EXTRADITION POLITICS ALARMS TACTICS THE KINGDOM TWENTY-NINE - CONFRONTATIONS DISSENT ENEMIES KING FOLLETT SERMON REFORM About the Author ALSO BY RICHARD LYMAN BUSHMAN EPILOGUE NOTES SOURCES CITED ILLUSTRATION CREDITS Copyright Page Acclaim for Richard Lyman Bushman’s JOSEPH SMITH ROUGH STONE ROLLING “Captivating. . . . A stunning accomplishment.” — The New York Sun “A sympathetic but perceptive appraisal in this important new study. Readers of this sensitive and comprehensive account will find a new and deeper understanding of Smith, the religion he founded, and the popular culture of the United States during the thirty-nine years of his short but eventful life.” —Foreign Affairs “Illuminating. . . . A landmark biography.” —Booklist (starred review) “An astonishing achievement that is meticulously researched, wonderfully grounded and rich in cultural context.” —Tucson Citizen “A fine entry into the study of the development of Mormon doctrine through an examination of the life of its founder, Joseph Smith.” —The Decatur Daily “[Bushman’s] exhaustive biography carefully treads a path between reverence and objectivity.” —The New Yorker “A painstakingly researched historical document.” — The Miami Herald “A splendid cultural biography. . . . No one has come close to re-creating a full and satisfying portrait until Bushman. It is unlikely that another book about Joseph Smith will supercede this one for many years to come.” —Deseret News (Salt Lake City) “A remarkable book, wonderfully readable and supported by exhaustive research. For anyone interested in the Mormon experience, it will be required reading for years to come.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)