Description

A biography of David Hyrum Smith, who was a poet, painter, singer, philosopher, naturalist, and missionary for the RLDS Church, which reveals his tragic life that ended in an insane asylum.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Mormonism Established, 1830-44

1. Exodus and Aftermath: The Smith's in Nauvoo, 1844-50
2. Childhood in a River Town, 1850-63
3. Becoming a Josephite, 1863-65
4. Preacher on the Prairies, 1866-68
5. the "Son of Promise" in Utah, 1869
6. David and Clara, 1869-1871
7. The Wanderer, Outward Bound, 1871-72
8. The Sins of the Father, 1872
9. Seances in Zion, 1872
10. The Feeble Light of Reason, 1872-73
11. "So Sore a Broken Joint on Which to Lean," 1873-77
12. David and Charely, 1872-77
13. The Asylum for the Insane, 1877-80
14. The Sweet Singer in Decline, 1880-1904