My Life's Review

[Orem, UT]: [The Benjamin Franklin Johnson Family Organization], 1982. 394pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Light blue cloth with title gilt stamped on the backstrip and front board. Near fine. Bookplate on front pastedown. Illustrated with fiive black and white plates. Rare autobiography from the pioneer patriarch. This work has been widely lauded and considered a masterpiece of pioneer biography. Benjamin Franklin Johnson (1818-1905) served as Joseph Smith's secretary and later was a member of the Utah State Legislature. This autobiography includes stories from his childhood, the formative years of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his mission in Hawaii, experiences with the Native Americans in Utah Territory, and descriptions of pioneer life as he settled areas from Mesa, Arizona to San Francisco, California. (Inventory #: 10088)