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American crucifixion : the murder of Joseph Smith and the fate of the Mormon church /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : PublicAffairs, [2014]Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 334 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781610393133
  • 1610393139
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 289.3092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • BX8695.S6 B385 2014
Contents:
Flight -- pt. 1. "In Illinois we've found a safe retreat-- " -- King Joseph -- Zion, Illinois -- Everybody hates the Mormons -- Polygamy and its discontents -- pt. 2. "Oh! Illinois! thy soil has drank the blood / Of prophets martyr'd for the truth of God" -- "The perversion of sacred things" -- "Crucify him! Crucify him!" -- Enter Pontius Pilate -- Surrender -- "The people are not that cruel" -- Joseph's homecoming -- Trial by jury -- pt. 3. "Let us go to the far western shore / Where the blood-thirsty 'christians' will hunt us no more " -- Aftermath -- This world and the next.
Summary: On June 27, 1844, a mob stormed the jail in the dusty frontier town of Carthage, Illinois, hunting down a man they saw as a grave threat to their quiet lives: the founding prophet of Mormonism, Joseph Smith. In addition to starting his own religion and creating the Book of Mormon, Smith had worked as a water-dowser and treasure hunter. He'd led his people to Ohio, then Missouri, then Illinois, where he founded a city larger than fledgling Chicago ... and secretly, he had married more than thirty women. Beam tells how Smith went from charismatic leader to public enemy, and could not escape the consequences of his ambition and pride.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 289.3092 BEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000507016

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-320) and index.

Flight -- pt. 1. "In Illinois we've found a safe retreat-- " -- King Joseph -- Zion, Illinois -- Everybody hates the Mormons -- Polygamy and its discontents -- pt. 2. "Oh! Illinois! thy soil has drank the blood / Of prophets martyr'd for the truth of God" -- "The perversion of sacred things" -- "Crucify him! Crucify him!" -- Enter Pontius Pilate -- Surrender -- "The people are not that cruel" -- Joseph's homecoming -- Trial by jury -- pt. 3. "Let us go to the far western shore / Where the blood-thirsty 'christians' will hunt us no more " -- Aftermath -- This world and the next.

On June 27, 1844, a mob stormed the jail in the dusty frontier town of Carthage, Illinois, hunting down a man they saw as a grave threat to their quiet lives: the founding prophet of Mormonism, Joseph Smith. In addition to starting his own religion and creating the Book of Mormon, Smith had worked as a water-dowser and treasure hunter. He'd led his people to Ohio, then Missouri, then Illinois, where he founded a city larger than fledgling Chicago ... and secretly, he had married more than thirty women. Beam tells how Smith went from charismatic leader to public enemy, and could not escape the consequences of his ambition and pride.

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