Mormon Polygamy: A HistorySignature Books, 1986 - 307 Seiten In this comprehensive survey of Mormon Polygamy, Richard Van Wagoner details, with precision and detachment, the tumultuous reaction among insiders and outsiders to plural marriage. In an honest, methodical way, he traces the origins, the peculiarities common to the midwestern and later Utah periods, and post-1890 new marriages. Drawing heavily on first-hand accounts, he outlines the theological underpinnings and the personal trauma associated with this lifestyle. What emerges is a portrait that neither discounts nor exaggerates the historical evidence. He presents polygamy in context, neither condemning nor defending, while relevant contemporary accounts are treated sympathetically but interpreted critically. No period of Mormon history is emphasized over another. The result is a systematic view that is unavailable in studies of isolated periods or in the repetitions of folklore that only disguise the reality of what polygamy was. Scattered throughout the western United States today are an estimated 30,000 fundamentalist Mormons who still live "the principle." They, too, are a part of Joseph Smith's legacy and are included in this study. ... Publisher description. |
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... statehood . The former congressman visited each member of the cabinet and paid three visits to President Cleveland . Cannon returned from the trip convinced that Utah polygamists should leave the territory until statehood could be ...
... statehood . The former congressman visited each member of the cabinet and paid three visits to President Cleveland . Cannon returned from the trip convinced that Utah polygamists should leave the territory until statehood could be ...
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... statehood to his good friend William Atkin on 18 March 1889 : " We are now , politically speaking , a dependency or ward of the United States ; but in a State capacity we would be freed from such dependency , and would possess the ...
... statehood to his good friend William Atkin on 18 March 1889 : " We are now , politically speaking , a dependency or ward of the United States ; but in a State capacity we would be freed from such dependency , and would possess the ...
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... statehood gradually waned . After Cleveland signed on 27 February 1889 the omnibus bill squelching Utah's statehood bid , Utah congressman John T. Caine lamented the action in a letter to George L. Miller . " I believe the Democratic ...
... statehood gradually waned . After Cleveland signed on 27 February 1889 the omnibus bill squelching Utah's statehood bid , Utah congressman John T. Caine lamented the action in a letter to George L. Miller . " I believe the Democratic ...
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