American crucifixion : the murder of Joseph Smith and the fate of the Mormon church /
Beam, Alex.
American crucifixion : the murder of Joseph Smith and the fate of the Mormon church / - First edition. - xv, 334 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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.
9781610393133 1610393139
Perseus Books Group, C/O Perseus Distribution 1094 Flex Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301, (731)9884440 SAN 631-760X
2014004063
016621907 Uk
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 --Assassination.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--History.
Mormon Church--History.
History.
History.
Nonfiction.
Christian.
Religious.
BX8695.S6 / B385 2014
289.3092 B
American crucifixion : the murder of Joseph Smith and the fate of the Mormon church / - First edition. - xv, 334 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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.
9781610393133 1610393139
Perseus Books Group, C/O Perseus Distribution 1094 Flex Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301, (731)9884440 SAN 631-760X
2014004063
016621907 Uk
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 --Assassination.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--History.
Mormon Church--History.
History.
History.
Nonfiction.
Christian.
Religious.
BX8695.S6 / B385 2014
289.3092 B