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The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt

Parley P. Pratt

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. . .gings to stay to breakfast, or at least have a cup of coffee. I said nothing, but thought to myself: ye hypocrites, to murmur as you have, and then ask me to stay and eat.

We travelled on for some miles nearly in silence—I waiting all the while for brother Murdock to make some remarks referring to our inhospitable treatment, and the dialogue with the mistress of the house. At last I broke silence. Said I, "Brother Murdock, how did you feel to be talked to by that woman? I thought you bore it with great patience, and I pitied you from my heart, or I never should have had faith and courage to be thus healed and start my journey."

He replied that no such conversation had occurred between him and the lady, nor had she uttered one word indicative of any such inhospitable feeling.

"Well," said I, "I heard it articulated in plain English by some two persons perfectly imitating her voice and yours; it was no imagination, or raging delirium o. . . Read More

Community Reviews

I enjoyed the first bit of this journal of my third great grandfather. He was passionate and poetic in describing his conversion to the Mormon faith. I even read about some of his missions, and was amazed. Then I got bored and moved on. (Sorry Great Grandfather!)

I love reading autobiographies. This one is great not only to learn about Parley Pratt but also to get a first-hand account of events involving the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is particularly detailed during the period that many of these church members were living

Fascinating read. I only gave it 3 stars because it is literally a journal and large swaths of the book are fairly boring. However, the first hand account of Church history is compelling and inspiring. I love history and this book only added to my understanding of the importance of context.

Disclaim

I am not sure if I read this "revised and enhanced" version, I just listened to the one on cd that came out in 2003 by Covenant Audio. But the most important thing is that there is no doubt that Parley P. Pratt gave his all for the Lord and His Restored Church! He was falsely imprisoned, suffered mu

I love history, and I love journals and stuff, so I loved this book. Parley is a character, and his writing is fun. What's not to like?

Specifically there are some fun things about this book:

1 Parley likes to say grand comments about how members of the Church are happier than any one else could possi

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