Despite the local peasants' warnings

author of some of the most enduring works in Russian literature

persuaded President Lincoln to transform Thanksgiving Day into a national holiday

Stephanie hasn't been entirely open about what she was doing in the woods last summer

An apple fell from a tree

Joseph Smith and The Latter-day Saints YA Fiction Despite the local peasants' warnings"Finally a terrific, fast moving book on Joseph Smith. Quite frankly, it's the best biography yet of Joseph Smith the most comprehensive and easiest to read." Vance L. Hawkins (historical research consultant) Synopsis from Midwest Book Review: Joseph Smith and The Latter day Saints, by Richard Lloyd Dewey, is the most complete portrait so far of the Mormon prophet. Written for the everyday reader, it is a robust biography that deftly unfolds the life