Joseph Smith’s America ~ William M. Slaughter ~ Green Leather ~ Only 200 Copies!

Green Leather. Only 200 Numbered Copies. Joseph Smith’s America. His Life and Times. Chad M. Orton and William W. Slaughter. Deseret Book: Salt Lake, 2005. 234p.

Large sized green leather volume; #30 of 200 Copies. Gold leafed page edges. Ribbon bookmarks.

Joseph Smith’s America: His Life and Times (2005), by historians Chad M. Orton and William W. Slaughter, is a popular‑history biography that places Joseph Smith—founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—within the broader social, cultural, and political world of early 19th‑century America. Rather than being a narrowly focused theological study, the book weaves Smith’s life story together with scenes of American religious revivalism, frontier culture, technological change, and political ferment to help readers understand the circumstances into which he was born and how that environment shaped his ideas and leadership. The narrative covers his beginnings in upstate New York, his prophetic claims and the translation of the Book of Mormon, the rise and migrations of the early Latter‑day Saint movement, and the challenges the Saints faced as they tried to build communities amid widespread opposition. Illustrated and written for general readers, it aims to show both the man and his milieu, situating his life against the “America” of his time rather than treating him in isolation.

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