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Emma Smith and her biographers
By
Dave Banack
The Mormon Times reports on one of the more interesting MHA sessions in “Reflections of an Emma Hale Smith biographer.” Both stories make interesting reading: the story of Emma Smith, Joseph’s first wife; and the story of Linda King Newell, the surviving author of Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, which won the MHA best book…
Dickens on the Mormons
By
Dave Banack
In the Saturday afternoon session of the recent LDS General Conference, Elder Quentin L. Cook, one of the newer members of the Quorum of the Twelve, related a fascinating vignette concerning Charles Dickens as part of his address (“Our Father’s Plan—Big Enough For All His Children“). Here is the vignette in its entirety.
Found: the lost McLellin notebook
By
Dave Banack
At the Mormon Times, “Inside the lost McLellin notebook,” with information about and excerpts from a newly discovered notebook written by William E. McLellin, an early Mormon apostle who was later excommunicated from the Church (in 1838). It appears the notebook may have been the first draft of a book. The Salt Lake Tribune also…
Early Mormon history, in pictures
By
Dave Banack
A marvelous set of maps is posted at By Common Consent. This is a fine resource for those reading through the Doctrine and Covenants this year.
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