Journal of Joseph: The Prophet Joseph Smith's Story in His Own Words

This book is exactly what it says it is—the personal journal or history of Joseph Smith Junior. It does not contain the usual interpretation and opinions of scholars, theologians, and historians, but Joseph's own account of his revelations, persecutions, disappointments, accomplishments, and day-to-day happenings. This one handy volume assembles the great majority of Joseph Smith's first-person journal entries from the seven-volume History of the Church among letters, revelations, notes, and numerous other documents.