B. H. Roberts

The Missouri Persecutions B. H. Roberts Second edition

This book plainly details the Saints' settling the promised land of Zion, the reasons for the suspicions of their neighbors, the subsequent persecutions, and the exodus to Illinois. In Elder Roberts' unique flowing style, the tells the story of:

The search for Zion
The mission to the Lamanites
Discovering Adam-ondi-Ahman
The Kirtland apostasy
Zion's Camp
Expulsions: Independence to Clay County to Far West to Illinois
Betrayal - Liberty Jail
The Battle of Crooked River
Haun's Mill
The Extermination Order

In Elder Roberts words: "The one thought above all other in my mind has been to present to the youth of the Latter-day Saints a circumstantial account of their fathers, that they might know how much was endured by their fathers for the truth's sake; that they might learn to prize it for what it cost their fathers."