Why George Albert Smith was an absolute boss | Ep. 216

George Albert Smith was the 8th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You’ve probably heard his name. You’ve probably seen his face. But you probably know next to nothing about the guy other than the fact that he had a sweet goatee and a lazy eye. In this video, Dave goes a bit deeper and sheds some light on why George was one of the most unique leaders in Latter-day Saint history.

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— “The Life and Ministry of George Albert Smith,” via the Church’s website: https://tinyurl.com/mnkxbxcw
— “The Presidents of the Church: Biographical Essays,” by Merlo Pusey (George Albert Smith chapter begins on pg. 251): https://tinyurl.com/t4nah3jw
— “Chapter 8: George Albert Smith” in Presidents of the Church Student Manual (Institute): https://tinyurl.com/y7abzh4v
— “Mormon History: LDS (Mormon) Prophet George Albert Smith 1/2,” via YouTube (I think this is an old Church publication republished on this non-official channel): https://tinyurl.com/3hdcksjc
— “Mormon History: LDS (Mormon) Prophet George Albert Smith 2/2,” via YouTube:
https://tinyurl.com/4swftkvh
— “Third Convention” via the Church’s website: https://tinyurl.com/y22xfn9k
— "’Cheat the Asylum of a Victim’: George Albert Smith's 1909—12 Breakdown,” by Mary Jane Woodger in Journal of Mormon History, Vol. 34, No. 4 (Fall 2008), pp. 113-152: https://tinyurl.com/4nfxkzbn
— “George Albert Smith: Prophets of the Restoration,” via the Church’s website: https://tinyurl.com/2rc2va86
— “Prophet Portrait: George Albert Smith,” via the Church’s website: https://tinyurl.com/4hkb7b53
— “George Albert Smith,” in Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation, by Lawrence R. Flake (online at BYU RSC): https://tinyurl.com/4c9jd2fa
— “Greatness in Men: Superintendent George Albert Smith,” by Bryant S. Hinckley in Improvement Era, March 1932, No. 5, pgs. 269-272, 295-296: https://tinyurl.com/2bz9ayz8
— Here’s a picture of George & Lucy’s Salt Lake City home (coincidentally only a short walk from where my grandmother currently lives, which I suppose isn’t going to mean anything to anyone but me): https://tinyurl.com/5n87naap

Notes:

— As president of the Church, George emphasized preaching the gospel among Native Americans. As an interesting but probably unrelated side-note, his uncle (his father’s brother) was murdered as a teenager by a couple of Navajo men in 1862 (before George had been born). They justified the killing by calling it revenge for a number of Navajos that had been killed by white men at some point previously.

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