Bushman? Surely you jest. I just went to a "fireside" that our Stake sponsored where he spoke on these and other JS issues for 2 hours. This was 3 weeks ago, in the heart of Mormondom, and there wasn't an empty seat in the chapel, let alone the overflow, and the cultural hall had chairs all the way to the back.
He is hard to book because of similar engagements all over Utah and elsewhere. If you think the Church is trying to stifle him, think again.
May I suggest his new book to you, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling. This biography of Joseph Smith, delving deeply into the history, warts and all, can be picked up at any Church owned Deseret Book.
You might actually enjoy it.
I have not seen the original copy!
Brother Bushman was the one who has given me my patriarch blessing (1989) an in these last few months so much of what was he spoke has manifested in my life!
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling? Hardly a new book, I read it about two years ago.