No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet

476, xix pp. Author was awarded an Alfred A. Knopf Fellowship in Biography. Includes fold-out map of Mormon country, 1830-1844. The biography of Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet. With the aid of files of country newspapers and obscure court records of several locations, researchers have pieced out a remarkable running account of Smith's youth and young manhood. Includes twenty-three illustrations and a map of the Mormon country, 1830-44, a bibliography and an index.