first edition
2001 · Independence
by Smith, Joseph [III]. Edited by Mary Audentia Smith Anderson
Independence: Price Publishing Company, 2001. First Edition. 507pp. Quarto [29 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip fine. This work was edited by Smith's daughter and reprinted from the 'Saints' Herald.' Joseph Smith III (1832-1914) was the eldest surviving son of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith. Joseph Smith III was the Prophet-President of what became the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which considers itself a continuation of the church established by Smith's father in 1830. For fifty-four years until his own death, Smith presided over the church. (Inventory #: 10481)