Title: Blah . . . little to recommend this book, especially considering the price
Product review: Content is light on history and heavy on testimony. The author is giving a talk in church rather than a good window into the Smith family. Mostly gleaned from Lucy Mack's history with little from other sources. I almost suspect the author had a Lucy's book in a word file and just copied and pasted. A much better source for this info is the annotated Lucy's Book. The best treatments for the more obscure family members (Samuel, William, Don Carlos, Sophronia, Katherine, Lucy the younger) still remain article length treatments from peer-reviewed journals. United by Faith, though not definative by any means, far outstrips this particular volume. McGavin's Family of Joseph Smith is likewise more useful.
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