Why Read the Book Called ‘Joseph Part I’? Perhaps no man in the last two hundred years has attracted more religious opposition or devotion than Joseph Smith, all because he claimed he was called of God and ministered to by divine messengers from God to restore the lost Church which Christ had personally established in the days of the New Testament. Here now are the true events of the first twenty-five years of the life of Joseph Smith (1805-1844). This work is a modified motion picture screenplay to facilitate a quick, accurate and chronological read of the events that culminated to form a modern church membership of nearly fifteen million members worldwide as of this year in 2013. Eighty photos and paintings of key places and individuals are included to help the reader visualize and appreciate these events within their proper context. Respectfully, George M. Papa