Signature Books Podcast
Signature Books, founded in 1981, publishes some of the best books in Mormon studies. We specialize in narrative and documentary history, biography, fiction, poetry, and Western Americana. Our books have received numerous honors over the years from the Mormon History Association, the John Whitmer Historical Association, the Utah State Historical Society, and the Evans Biography Award. This podcast will include interviews with Signature Books authors from both our new releases and some of the significant books from our backlist.
Signature Books Podcast
Dan Vogel on “Charisma under Pressure: Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1831–1839”
June 27, 2023
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Signature Books
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Episode 25
For episode twenty-five, Signature marketing manager Devery Anderson talks with Dan Vogel about his new book, Charisma under Pressure: Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1831–1839, which deals with Joseph Smith’s middle years while he directed the Latter-day Saint movement from Kirtland, Ohio, and Far West, Missouri. Vogel focuses on the word “charisma” and how it applies to Joseph Smith and how this trait won him so many followers. This is also a period of many highs and lows for both the prophet and the church, which Vogel also discusses.