Kingdom of Nauvoo : the rise and fall of a religious empire on the American frontier
First Title Value for Searching:
Kingdom of Nauvoo : the rise and fall of a religious empire on the American frontier
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
324 pages : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"An extraordinary story of faith and violence in nineteenth-century America, based on previously confidential documents from the Mormon Church. Compared to the Puritans, Mormons have rarely gotten their due, often treated as fringe cultists or marginalized polygamists unworthy of serious examination. In Kingdom of Nauvoo, Benjamin E. Park excavates the brief, tragic life of a lost Mormon city, demonstrating that the Mormons are essential to understanding American history writ large. Using newly accessible sources, Park recreates the Mormons' 1839 flight from Missouri to Illinois. There, under the charismatic leadership of Joseph Smith, they founded Nauvoo, which shimmered briefly-but Smith's challenge to democratic traditions, as well as his new doctrine of polygamy, would bring about its fall. His wife Emma, rarely written about, opposed him, but the greater threat came from without: in 1844, a mob murdered Joseph, precipitating the Mormon trek to Utah. Throughout his absorbing chronicle, Park shows that far from being outsiders, the Mormons were representative of their era in their distrust of democracy and their attempt to forge a sovereign society of their own"--
Contents:
Soil -- Seeds -- Roots -- Trunk -- Branches -- Fruit -- Harvest -- Legacies.
Publication Info:
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2020]
©2020.
Subject:
Latter Day Saint churches -- Illinois -- History. |
Latter Day Saints -- Mississippi River Valley -- History. |
Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History. |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Illinois -- History. |
Biserica lui Isus Hristos a Sfinților din Zilele din Urmă |
Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints |
Cerkev Jezusa Kristusa svetih iz poslednjih dni |
Chiesa di Gesù Cristo dei Santi degli Ultimi Giorni |
Crkva Isusa Krista Svetaca Posljednjih Dana |
Cirkev Jez̆is̆a Krista Svätých neskors̆ích dní |
Církev Jez̆ís̆e Krista Svatých posledních dnů |
Església de Jesucrist dels Sants dels Darrers Dies |
Église de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours |
Ekklēsia tou Iēsou Christou tōn Agiōn tōn Teleutaiōn Ēmerōn |
Esucristo ittoed nega esordamar napi puguad onosa |
Gereja Yesus Kristus Dari Orang-Orang Suci Zaman Akhir |
Giáo hội các thánh hữu ngày sau của Chúa Giê su Ky tô |
Hisus Kʻristosěn Akhěr-Kiwnlēr Mugattēslēri Kʻilisēsi |
Hisus Kʻristosi Verjin-Awur Srbotsʻ Ekeghetsʻi |
Hisus Kʻristosi Verjin Ōreri Srberi Ekeghetsʻi |
Hisus Kʻristosi Verjin Ōreri Srberi Ekeghetsʻu koghmitsʻ |
Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días |
Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias |
Iyēcu Kiristuvin̲ Tiruccapai |
Jesu Kristi kirke af sidste dages hellige |
Jesu Kristi kirke av siste dagers hellige |
Jesu Kristi Kyrka av Sista Dagars Heliga |
Jesus Christ N'ascr a Cwc Hc Ma Ekyrmba Ahotseweelfo |
Jesucriston Khep Khepürunacanquiri Kollananac Tamapan mistuyata |
Kanīsat Yasūʻ al-Masīḥ li-Qiddīsī al-Ayyām al-Akhīrah |
Kerk van Jesus Christus van die Heiliges van die Laaste Dae |
Kerk Van Jezus Christus Van De Heiligen Der Laatste Dagen |
Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage |
Kirkja Jesú Krists hinna Síđari daga heilögu |
Kisha e Jezu Krishtit e Shenjtorëve të Ditëve të Mëvonshme |
Kościół Jezusa Chrystusa Świętych w Dniach Ostatnich |
LDS Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) |
Myöhempien Aikojen Pyhien Jeesuksen Kristuksen Kirkko |
Pēdējo Dienu Svēto Jēzus Kristus Baznīca |
Ri Ruk'ataj ri Jesucristo quichin ri Chojlaxela' chupan ri ruq'uisibel tak K'ij |
Simbahan ni Jésukristo sa mga Santos sa Ulahing mga Adlaw |
T͡sŭrkvata na Isus Khristos na svetiite ot poslednite dni |
Utolsó Napok Szentjeinek Jézus Krisztus Egyháza |
Viimse Aja Pühade Jeesuse Kristuse Kirik |
Εκκλησία του Ιησού Χριστού των Αγίων των Τελευταίων Ημερών |
كنيسة يسوع المسيح لقديسي الأيام الأخيرة |
Церкви Иисуса Христа Святых последних дней |
Церкви Ісуса Христа Святих Останніх Днів |
耶穌基督末世聖徒教會 |
耶蘇基督末世聖徒教會 |
末日聖徒イエス・キリスト教会 |
Esu̇s Khristiĭn Khozhmyn U̇eiĭn Gėgėėntnu̇u̇diĭn Su̇m |
Mormon Church |
Mormonism |
Brighamite Mormons |
Church of Christ (Temple Lot) members |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints members |
Church of Jesus Christ (Strangites) members |
Hedrikites |
Josephite Mormons |
Mormons |
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints members |
Reorganized Mormons |
RLDS Mormons |
Strangite Mormons |
Temple Lot Mormons |
Utah Mormons |
SAILS ISBN:
9781631494864