References:

Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, by Richard L. Bushman

Mormonism Unveiled, by E.B. Howe

The Refiner’s Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844., by John Brooke

Early Mormonism and the Magical World View, by D. Michael Quinn

Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and his Progenitors for many Generations, by Lucy Mack Smith

Joseph Brings the Plates Home, by Dan Vogel

Origin, Rise and Progress of Mormonism, by Tucker, Pomeroy