Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale SmithUniversity of Illinois Press, 1994 - 394 Seiten Winner of the Evans Biography Award, the Mormon History Association Best Book Award, and the John Whitmer Association (RLDS) Best Book Award. Mormon Enigma is the bestselling biography of Emma Hale Smith, wife of the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith. It was Joseph Smith who announced that an angel of the Lord had commanded him to introduce a 'new order of marriage.' And it was Emma Hale Smith who confronted the practice of polygamy head on. As the authors note in their introduction, "Early leaders in Utah castigated Emma from their pulpits for opposing Brigham Young and the practice of polygamy, and for lending support to the Reorganization. As these attitudes filtered down through the years, Emma was virtually written out of official Utah histories. In this biography, we have attempted to reconstruct the full story of this remarkable and much misunderstood woman's experiences. |
Inhalt
List of Illustrations | ix |
Preface to the Second Edition | xi |
Introduction | xix |
Emma and Joseph 18251827 | 1 |
The Elect Lady 18271830 | 24 |
Gathering in Ohio 18301834 | 37 |
Seas of Tribulation 18341838 | 53 |
Strife in Missouri 18381839 | 69 |
The Lady and the Lion Fall 1844 | 199 |
Inherit the Legacy October 1844October 1845 | 210 |
The Sun Casts a Shadow Winter 18451846 | 221 |
War in Nauvoo FebruaryDecember 1846 | 231 |
The Major 18461849 | 242 |
Change in Nauvoo 18501860 | 255 |
Emmas Sons Lewiss Son 18601870 | 268 |
Josephites and Brighamites 18701877 | 281 |
Sanctuary in a Swamp 18391841 | 80 |
A New Order of Marriage 18411842 | 95 |
In Search of Iniquity SpringSummer 1842 | 106 |
Aid to the Fugitive JuneSeptember 1842 | 119 |
More Wives and a Revelation September 1842July 1843 | 130 |
The Poisoning JuneDecember 1843 | 157 |
Voice of Innocence JanuaryJune 1844 | 169 |
A Final Farewell June 1228 1844 | 183 |
The Last Testimony 18761879 | 296 |
Epilogue | 305 |
Abbreviations in Notes | 310 |
Notes | 312 |
Selected Bibliography | 369 |
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