Joseph Fielding Smith: Volume 1 (Remembering the Prophets of God) - Softcover

Gibbons, Daniel Bay; Gibbons, Francis M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0990638731 ISBN 13: 9780990638735

Publisher: Sixteen Stones Press, 2015

Synopsis

This book of personal reminiscences about President Joseph Fielding Smith (1876 to 1972), the tenth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, greatly enhances our understanding of the Prophet and the man. President Smith was personally acquainted with fourteen of the sixteen Presidents of the Church and thus represents a sort of welding link for almost 200 years of Church history. Based upon a decade of interviews given by Francis M. Gibbons, President Kimball’s trusted scribe and secretary to the First Presidency, this book offers a multitude of unique stories, anecdotes, and insights about the Prophet that are nowhere else available. Joseph Fielding Smith is the first volume in a seven-part work entitled Remembering Seven Prophets. PRAISE FOR FRANCIS M. GIBBONS AND DANIEL BAY GIBBONS "An impressive biography . . . a vividly written, accurate, informative chronicle that paints an unforgettable picture. . ." Midwest Book Review "Succinct . . . remarkable . . . provides unique insights." BYU Studies Review "Another outstanding contribution to Mormon biography and literature." 5 star Amazon reviewer "Enjoyable reading, inspiring and informative." 5 star Amazon reviewer

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About the Author

Daniel Bay Gibbons is a former trial attorney and judge and is the author of several previous books. He has served as a full-time missionary, twice as a bishop, and as president of the Russia Novosibirsk Mission. Now in his ninety-fifth year, Francis M. Gibbons is the oldest living General Authority or former General Authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A graduate of Stanford University and former trial attorney, he served as secretary to the First Presidency for sixteen years in the administrations of Presidents Joseph Fielding Smith, Harold B. Lee, Spencer W. Kimball and Ezra Taft Benson. Brother Gibbons is also the best-selling and most prolific Mormon biographer of the past century and the author of more than twenty-five books, including full-length biographies of fifteen Church presidents. A Patriarch in the Church, he is also a former full-time missionary, bishop, stake president, and member of the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sixteen Stones Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0990638731
• ISBN 13: 9780990638735
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96