Excerpt from From Plowboy to Prophet: Being a Short History of Joseph Smith for Children My dear little friends - I am going to tell you a wonderful story. It is one of the 'most interesting stories you have ever heard. It is also one of the best, because it is all true, from beginning to end. The story was told to me many years ago, and it made me feel happier than ever I felt before. You have all heard the beautiful story of the birth of the dear Lord Jesus. That story, as you know, had its beginning in a lowly manger, in the little town of Bethlehem, not far from Jerusalem. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.