American Crucifixion
The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church
New York : PublicAffairs, 2014.
Format: Ebook
Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 online resource (353 pages)
On June 27, 1844, a mob stormed the jail in the dusty frontier town of Carthage, Illinois. Clamorous and angry, they were hunting down a man they saw as a grave threat to their otherwise quiet lives: the founding prophet of Mormonism, Joseph Smith. They wanted blood.At thirty-nine years old, Smith had already lived an outsized life. In addition to starting his own religion and creating his own ?Golden Bible"?the Book of Mormon?he 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 fledglin.
Contents:
Table of Contents; Cast of Characters; Place Names; Introduction; 1. Flight; PART ONE ""In Illinois we've found a safe retreat. . . ""; 2. King Joseph; 3. Zion, Illinois; 4. Everybody Hates the Mormons; 5. Polygamy and Its Discontents; PART TWO ""Oh! Illinois! thy soil has drank the blood / Of Prophets martyr'd for the truth of God.""; 6. ""The Perversion of Sacred Things""; 7. ""Crucify Him! Crucify Him!""; 8. Enter Pontius Pilate; 9. Surrender; 10. ""The People Are Not That Cruel""; 11. Joseph's Homecoming; 12. Trial by Jury
PART THREE ""Let us go to the far western shore / Where the blood-thirsty 'christians' will hunt us no more.""13. Aftermath; 14. This World and the Next; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
PART THREE ""Let us go to the far western shore / Where the blood-thirsty 'christians' will hunt us no more.""13. Aftermath; 14. This World and the Next; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Subjects:
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 -- Assassination.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History.
Mormon Church -- History.
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 -- Assassination.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History.
Mormon Church -- History.
ISBN:
9781610393140
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