On the Road with Joseph Smith: An Author’s Diary

by Richard Lyman Bushman “Shows how much any historian lays on the line when he writes about Joseph Smith.” — Deseret News“Richard Bushman likewise comes to life, a man who is far from ordinary, a scholar devoted to his task and willing to take risks.” — Association of Mormon Letters   Available in ebook for Kindle, Nook, Apple, Google Play, and Kobo. Also available through Amazon. Book Synopsis: After living with Joseph Smith for seven years, biographer Richard Lyman Bushman went “on the road” for a year. After delivering the final proofs of his landmark study, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling to Knopf in July 2005, Bushman crisscrossed the country from coast to coast, delivering numerous addresses on Joseph Smith at scholarly conferences, academic symposia, and firesides. This startlingly candid memoir concludes eleven months later with an article written for Common-Place in August 2006.     Bushman confesses to hope and humility, an unexpected numbness when he expected mo