BIOGRAPHY AND FAMILY RECORD OF LORENZO SNOW

by Eliza R. Snow Smith

This biography was written by Eliza R. Snow the sister of Lorenzo Snow. It is over 200,000 words long, divided into 63 Chapters. This is followed by a short biography and then Fourteen Letters. The first fourteen letters are from Lorenzo's trip to Palestine and the last is a letter welcoming him home. The letters give insight into living conditions in Europe and Palestine. This book has been formatted for the Kindle. All chapters and letters are linked through the table of contents.

Lorenzo Snow (April 3, 1814 – October 10, 1901) was the fifth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1898 to his death. Snow was the last president of the LDS Church in the nineteenth century.

Snow was the fifth child and first son of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Pettibone, residents of Mantua Township, Ohio, who had left New England to settle on a new and fertile farm in the Connecticut Western Reserve. Despite the labor required on the farm, the Snow family valued learning and saw that each child had educational opportunities. Lorenzo received his final year of education at Oberlin College, which was originally founded by two Presbyterian ministers. Snow later made his living as a school teacher when not engaged in church service.

Genres: Biography, Lds, Nonfiction, Church

602 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1884

Reviews

[Marva · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book very interesting. However, it didn't have much about Brigham City--that was unexpected. But I did read about some events in Brigham City. And my ancestor, James Pett, is mentioned several times in his capacity as one of the leaders of the Brigham City Merchantile and Manufacturing Association. He worked with Lorenzo Snow with that.

[Shon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the journal entries from Lorenzo himself, didn't like most of the commentary by his sister.

[Kenneth C. Rueckert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marvelous Life during a difficult time

A great book written by his sister Eliza. Includes several of her poems. Especially of interest for those who pursue an interest in the history of the Mormon church

[Rosemary Cantrell · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this for the biographical information. It does not go to the end of his life, but gives some good information about his early years and some things up to about age 70. There were many items included that I was not particularly interested in reading, so I skipped many of those things.

This book was put together by his sister Eliza R Snow for the family. Thus, she included many things that might be of greater interest to his descendants. I did learn a lot about his formative years and about his early missions and church service, which I found very interesting.

I will need to read a real biography to get the complete story, but I am glad I read this.

[Mary L. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Considering that this book was written 130 years ago (1st edition copy) it was quite readable. I got bored with the long poems but the journal entries were very interesting as was the descriptions of where they traveled and what they saw in 1883 (Europe and the Middle East).

[David Barney · Rating 4 out of 5]

overall good book.