Autobiography of Benjamin Johnson, an early convert to the Mormon Church who was a member of Joseph Smith's private circle. A pioneer settler of Utah, he also helped establish Mormon colonies in Arizona and Mexico.
Hardcover
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404 pages
Published
1997
by Grandin Book Company
(first published 1992)
Amazing story of a man who joined the Mormon Church as a teenager in 1831, became an intimate of founder Joseph Smith, and lived into his 80s.
I read the book because he is a great-great grand-uncle to me (my direct line is his brother Joel Hills Johnson). B F (Bennie as Joseph called him) is a better storyteller, with more detail and memory for compelling events in Church history. Highly recommended!
Brent and I read this together. It's a frank and engaging autobiography of Brent's great-great(?)uncle as a young man who witnessed close-up the beginnings of Mormonism.