JOSEPH SMITH III AND THE RESTORATION

edited by Mary Audentia Smith Anderson

This book is more than autobiography. It is the story of the growth of an institution. The thorough identification of the life of Joseph Smith III with that institution makes it to that extent biography. However, because its pages deal intimately with the men and events in the dissolution of the Church at Nauvoo and over sixty years of the growth of the Reorganized Latter Day Saint Church, it is history. Here for the first time these important facts and inside viewpoints are made available to the Church in a permanent form for reference and preservation.

After you have read this book, you will know better the men who pioneered in the Reorganization and labored faithfully to make the name of Latter Day Saints honorable again.


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This work is mostly the writing of the man mentioned in its title. Much of it was written the latter part of his life from records to which he alone had access. His son, Israel A. Smith, acted as his secretary for a number of years; therefore, the book contains his labors. Mrs. Benjamin Anderson, a daughter, edited the original manuscript which appeared serially in the Saints’ Herald from 1934-1937. Mrs. Alfred Hulmes, a granddaughter, selected the portions of these memoirs which went into the present volume. The publishers found it necessary to further reduce the manuscript to keep the cost of the volume within its present limitations. That which finally entered into the publication of this book is rich in historical lore and most enjoyable reading. Half price through December 31, 2020