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12-11-2007, 07:01 PM | #1 |
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On the Road with Joseph Smith
I finally got my copy of On the Road with Joseph Smith: An Author's Diary by Richard Bushman this morning. I highly recommend it. It is a diary of his experiences around the publication of RSR. His reactions to reviews, the publicity tour, and his reflections on RSR in general. It is very interesting and quite moving at times.
Let me highlight a couple of quotes:
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12-11-2007, 07:10 PM | #2 |
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I had read a review of this book some time ago, but it was not widely available then. Did you get it through Amazon?
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One thing I was struck by is that Bushman's says he would have written the book very differently if he had it to do over again.
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Am I am sympathetic to this line of thought but I think it would have failed. I think the reception by non-mormons would have been even worse. Joseph Smith is just too polarizing. Last edited by pelagius; 12-12-2007 at 12:29 AM. |
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12-11-2007, 08:11 PM | #5 |
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What was really new about RSR? What additional sources did he use that cast a new light?
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12-11-2007, 08:14 PM | #6 | |
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However, it strikes as entirely unfair to suggest that the book doesn't cast new light on Joseph Smith and so I am starting to think your statement is a bit of "trolling"* that I am too obtuse to really understand. *I apologize if the trolling comment is unfair. One thing that I have difficultly with on cougarguard is the amount of trolling that goes on. But it is part of the "guard" culture so I am the one out of step with the mainstream on this one Last edited by pelagius; 12-11-2007 at 08:19 PM. |
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It seems that this is not the definitive biography. Maybe one will never be written. |
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12-11-2007, 08:24 PM | #8 | |
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Oh, I agree with this except I would argue for non-members the definitive Biography is still "No Man Knows My History." Last edited by pelagius; 12-11-2007 at 08:27 PM. |
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12-11-2007, 08:30 PM | #9 |
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Did you ever finish the book, Mike? Surely you wouldn't be making these comments solely on reviews, would you?
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