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Mormon polygamy : a history

An informative outline of the secret origins of Mormon polygamy, the peculiarities of the early practice, "unofficial" polygamous marriages at the turn-of-the-century and present-day fundamentalist Mormon groups which still practice polygamy.
eBook, English, 1989
Signature Books, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1989
History
1 online resource (xii, 255 pages)
9781560853039, 1560853034
681161668
Preface to the Second Editionvii
Introductionix
The ``Restoration of All Things''
1(16)
Stirrings in Nauvoo
17(12)
``Protecting the Lord's Anointed''
29(12)
Polyandry---A Test?
41(9)
``If A Man Espouse a Virgin''
50(13)
The Nauvoo Expositor and Martyrdom
63(9)
Following the Brethren
72(10)
Announcing the Practice
82(7)
Women in Polygamy
89(16)
``Twin Relics of Barbarism''
105(10)
``Prisoners for Conscience's Sake''
115(10)
Paving the Way to Statehood
125(8)
The Wilford Woodruff Manifesto
133(10)
Interpreting Woodruff
143(10)
Post-Manifesto Polygamy
153(11)
Spotlighting The Church--The Smoot Hearings
164(13)
Founding Mormon Fundamentalism
177(12)
Crusades Against the Principle
189(11)
Polygamists in the News
200(19)
Bibliography219(26)
Index245
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
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