Richard Lyman Bushman Books
Mormons in America
Chronicles the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints beginning in America in the early 1800s and continuing to the present day throughout the world.
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The Refinement of America
This lively and authoritative volume makes clear that the quest for taste and manners in America has been essential to the serious pursuit of a democratic culture. Spanning the material world from...
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Joseph Smith
By Richard Lyman Bushman, Richard L. Bushman
Tells how America's preeminent visionary and prophet, Joseph Smith, formed a new religion, Mormonism, from the ground up. Explores the inner workings of his personality-his personal piety, his temp...
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Joseph Smith
Founder of the largest indigenous Christian church in American history, Joseph Smith published the 584-page Book of Mormon when he was twenty-three and went on to organize a church, found cities, a...
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