I am Ryan McKnight.

I'm Kara Santa Maria.

I am Christopher Smith.

Hi, I'm Andrew Torres.

This is Naked Mormonism.

The Serial Mormon History Podcast.

We've spent the last, I don't know,

dozen or so episodes focusing almost exclusively on Joseph Smith and the historical timeline

through May and June of 1844.

But the truth is, a lot was going on with other people connected with the church during this time.

Understandably, the events leading up to and following the novel expositor consume all

of the oxygen in the historical

record, casting a shadow over every other notable figure during the time frame. So I want to spend

the next few episodes catching up with those folks. So let's start today with discussing Emma Smith,

the elect lady of Mormonism. During my kind of my off time from researching the Road to Carthage

series, I've been reading an anthology of Mormon historians titled Writing Mormon History,

historians and their books, and it's edited by friend of the show, Joseph Geisner. This book is a

compilation of essays from many of the most notable Mormon historians of the past five decades, telling the stories of how their seminal works came to fruition.

It is fascinating book. And you know, I recommend listeners pick up a copy of writing Mormon history edited by Joseph Geisner at your local or independent online

bookstore. What I bring this up is because the last chapter that I read was written by

Linda King Newell, who wrote the best biography of Emma Smith with her co-author, Valene Tippett's

Avery. The chapter is remarkable as it places the readers into the sphere of

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