Summary
The apostle’s own story — his conversion in 1830, the mission to the Lamanites, imprisonment in Missouri, missions to Canada, England and Chile, and the trek west — told in the first person, with letters, poems and addresses. An appendix gives the accounts of his killing in Arkansas in 1857.
The book
- Author
- Parley P. Pratt, edited by his son Parley P. Pratt Jr.
- Date of the work
- Life to 1857; first published 1874
- Edition recorded
- 1888 edition (Chicago: Law, King & Law)
- Listening time
- 15 h 17 min
- Chapters
- 57
Where this text comes from
Pratt’s own narrative was published after his death, first in 1874 under his son’s editorship, with a preface and a word “To the Public” from John Taylor. This recording follows the 1888 Chicago edition. Each chapter’s printed synopsis is read at its start; footnotes appear as small numbers you can tap and are not read.
Text prepared by Tom Nysetvold for Project Gutenberg (released February 13, 2014).
Public domain
Public domain, free to share. The text of The Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt is in the public domain in the United States. It was first published in 1874, and the edition recorded here appeared in 1888. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright there.
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