No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith
by Brodie, Fawn M
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 0679730540
- ISBN 13
- 9780679730545
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Vintage. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1995. Second Revised Edition. Seventeenth Printing. Soft Cover. 0679730540 . Publisher's glossy wraps. Illustrated with B&W photographs. Includes a Bibliography, appendices, and an Index. First published in 1945 and substantially revised in 1970, No Man Knows My History is a model of the biographer's art by a writer who would later become famous for her study of Thomas Jefferson. It is at once scholarly, riveting, and provocative in the questions it raises about Smith's revelations, and, in doing so, provides a remarkable history of the early Mormon church. . The volume is in virtually perfect, pristine condition, except for very slight wear at the head of the spine, else fine; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE.. Trade PB. Photographs. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 576 pp .
Synopsis
No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith, by Fawn McKay Brodie, was the first important non-hagiographic biography of Joseph Smith, the founder of Latter Day Saint movement. The book has never gone out of print, and on the fiftieth anniversary of its first publication, Utah State University issued a volume of retrospective essays about the book, its author, and her methods.
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29262
- Title
- No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith
- Author
- Brodie, Fawn M
- Format/Binding
- Soft Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- Second Revised Edition. Seventeenth Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0679730540
- ISBN 13
- 9780679730545
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 0679730540, Biography, Religion, Joseph Smith, Mormonism, Mormons
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion & Mythology;
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