William B. Smith: In the Shadow of a Prophet, by Kyle R. Walker

William B. Smith: In the Shadow of a Prophet, by Kyle R. Walker

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As the younger brother of the Mormon Prophet, William B. Smith was one of the most colorful characters in LDS history. After making extensive efforts as a missionary, and being appointed a member of the original Quorum of Twelve Apostles and Church Patriarch, simmering tensions between him and his fellow apostles boiled over, and he was excommunicated in a dramatic break with Brigham Young and the main body of Mormons in October 1845. After leaving the Church, William affiliated with who's who list of notable Mormon dissidents before eventually linking himself with the Reorganized Church, which was led by his nephew Joseph Smith III. This is the first full-length published biography of William B. Smith.

William B. Smith: In the Shadow of a Prophet, by Kyle R. Walker

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1578940 in Books
• Published on: 2015-06-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.02" h x 1.48" w x 5.98" l, 2.15 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 674 pages

William B. Smith: In the Shadow of a Prophet, by Kyle R. Walker

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Highly engaging researched history of William Smith! By Sharon Haworth This highly researched and documented history is both entertaining and historically accurate. It contains more positive information about William than I have known before. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading it and can hardly put it down. For a researched history it is engaging reading.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. You'd almost think William was a monogamist By Margaret C. Stout Dr. Walker seems thoroughly on Team William, focusing on William's great efforts on behalf of the Church. However Dr. Walker is not willing to hide contemporary documents completely, and gives credence to contemporary reports from Brigham Young and Wilford Woodruff regarding William's unorthodox marital/sexual behavior. Thus Dr. Walker is ultimately unable to avoid recounting facts leading to William's inability to retain a leading role in the Church William's brother had founded, although he does his best to cast doubt on the numerous accounts of William's sexual improprieties prior to 1843.Dr. Walker has done a great service in producing this record of the errant brother of Mormon founder, Joseph Smith. This biography is informative and will almost certainly bring any reader to an increased appreciation for the events and people that shaped the early Mormon movement.My own view of William as sexually dissipated from his youth remains fundamentally intact. Unlike Dr. Walker, I do not think that the women were lying in May 1842 when they testified of William's involvement in promoting illicit intercourse/spiritual wifery. To me it seems apparent that William was actively involved in promoting Dr. John C. Bennett's aberrant sexual paradigm from no later than November 1841 and possibly earlier.Joseph's desire to get William away from the potential for further corruption in Nauvoo meant that William's indoctrination into spiritual wifery remained uncorrected and unduly colored William's later "sealing" activities. Away from Nauvoo, William was cut off from the experiences that trained the rest of the twelve that the Church should be ruled by authority and consensus rather than by a deeply-flawed individual elevated by nepotism.The story of William's final months in Nauvoo as a Mormon apostle is a heart-breaking example of how much the Church is willing to forgive, the amount of love and forebearance a potential excommunicant is afforded at times before the final decision is made to formally end an individual's relationship with the Church.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Three Stars By Kevin Bergstrom Well Written.

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