David Whitmer Interviews: A Restoration Witness

Orem: Grandin Book Company, 1993. Second Printing. 276pp. Octavo [23 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip and front board. About very good. Lacks dust jacket with a handful of instances of highlighting. A special significance among Mormons belongs to David Whitmer (1805-1888). He was an eyewitness of the founding of Mormonism, and, naturally, his accounts of its origin provide pertinent information and appropriately carry significant weight. What is particularly significant is that even though he broke with Joseph Smith within ten years of his first involvement, and became one of the Prophet's detractors, his testimony continues (truncated) to be respected by the faithful today. His account of seeing the gold plates and of beholding an angel of God is included in every printed copy of the Book of Mormon and is an essential aspect of Mormon history. With one exception, all the known interviews with David Whitmer occurred within a twenty-year period - 1869-1888, while he resided in Richmond, Missouri. (Inventory #: 10492)