Item Detail
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24605
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English
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A "Truly Eventful Life" : Writing the Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt
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Journal of Mormon History
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Winter 2011
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37
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1
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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153-158
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The article discusses Mormon leader Parley P. Pratts The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt, examining his writing process. LDS missionary George Q. Cannon was hired to be his scribe. The article additionally covers Pratts murder by Hector McClean, husband to Pratts twelfth wife, Eleanor Macomb. The autobiography was published posthumously, edited by Pratts son and the LDS Apostle John Taylor.