Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt

The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt, One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry and Travels, with Extracts in Prose and Verse, from his Miscellaneous Writings
Author Parley P. Pratt
Country United States
Language English
Publisher Russell Brothers
Publication date
 1874
Pages 502; xv

The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt is the 1874 posthumous autobiography of Latter Day Saint apostle Parley P. Pratt. It was compiled from Pratt's writings by Pratt's son, Parley P. Pratt, Jr., with assistance from his wife and apostle John Taylor.

The Autobiography is the most frequently read of Pratt's several works, and it has been suggested that "excluding Lucy Mack Smith's Biographical Sketches ..., it is possibly the most important [Latter Day Saint] historical work written in the nineteenth century".[1] The same author states that due to its accessible prose, it "remains one of the most frequently read texts for Latter-day Saints even in the twenty-first century".[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Benjamin E. Park, "Roundtable Discussion: Perspectives on Parley Pratt's Autobiography: Introduction", Journal of Mormon History, vol. 37, no. 1 (Winter 2011):151–53.

References

  • Cheryl L. Bruno, "The Conjugal Relationships of Parley P. Pratt as Portrayed in His 'Autobiography'", Journal of Mormon History, vol. 37, no. 1 (Winter 2011):187–94.
  • Matthew J. Grow, "A 'Truly Eventful Life': Writing the 'Autobiography' of Parley P. Pratt", Journal of Mormon History, vol. 37, no. 1 (Winter 2011):153–58.
  • David W. Grua, "Persecution, Memory, and Mormon Identity in Parley Pratt's 'Autobiography'", Journal of Mormon History, vol. 37, no. 1 (Winter 2011):168–73.
  • Benjamin E. Park, "Parley Pratt's 'Autobiography' as Personal Restoration and Redemption", Journal of Mormon History, vol. 37, no. 1 (Winter 2011):158–64.
  • Joseph M. Spencer, " On the Poetics of Self-Knowledge: Poetry in Parley Pratt's 'Autobiography'", Journal of Mormon History, vol. 37, no. 1 (Winter 2011):173–78.


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