Life of David W. Patten The First Apostolic Martyr

by Lycurgus Arnold Wilson

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46 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1900

About the author

Teacher, lawyer, genealogical researcher

Reviews

[Fred Kohn]

I read this because of my interest in the story of David W. Patten meeting Cain in the form of Bigfoot. This tale is also told in the short novel Clan of Cain: The Genesis of Bigfoot by Shane Lester. I don’t recommend the novel but this documentary of Patten's life is pretty interesting. I think it’s an invaluable resource for those interested in the early life of the LDS church. I especially enjoyed the story of Patten bodily picking up a heckler and hurling him about ten feet onto a woodpile.

[Tyler]

Some really interesting stories about relatively unknown apostle David Patten. A good portion of the book is filled with sections of the Doctrine & Covenants, which is odd, but the stories about the first apostolic martyr in this dispensation make up for it.

Also, this book will take you about one hour to read. Well worth your time.

[Patrick]

Read it because of the Naked Hairy Man incident who was identified by David W. Patten as Cain and led to the Mormon folklorist believe that Big Foot is actual Cain.

[Derrill Watson]

Short, faithful introduction to the life of a good man about whom not enough is recorded and generally available. Found it at archive.org's website, slash details, slash lifeofdavidwpatt00wilsrich, slash page, slash n7 https://archive.org/details/lifeofdav...

[Robb Menlove]

A short reprint of an old book about a hero in the early history of the LDS Church. Not real deep, and poorly documented, but the story makes it worth it.