Nauvoo polygamy :"--but we called it celestial marriage" /George D. Smith.
Description
Introduction -- Anticipation : "the restoration of all things" -- Joseph's wives : "comfort me now" -- A pause, more wives, and a revelation : "ten virgins ... given by this law" -- Sharing favors : "all the wives you want" -- A surge in plural families : "I have six wives ... and am not afraid of another" -- How plural marriage worked -- "It was whispered ... the authorities were getting more wives" -- A silenced past : "no man shall have but one wife" -- In search of lost history : a record of unpublicized marriages -- Antecedents and legacy -- Appendix A: The 1843 revelation : excerpts -- Appendix B: Nauvoo polygamous families.
xix, 705 p. :ill., map, ports.,24 cm.
Book Details
Author
Smith, George D.
Place Published
City
Salt Lake City
Date Published
2008
Publication Subjects
Polygamy--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Marriage--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Polygamy--Religious aspects--Mormon Church.
Marriage--Religious aspects--Mormon Church.
Polygamy--Illinois--Nauvoo--History--19th century.