American Crucifixion : : the Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church

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Flight -- "In Illinois we've found a safe retreat-- ". King Joseph ; Zion, Illinois ; Everybody hates the Mormons ; Polygamy and its discontents -- "Oh! Illinois! thy soil has drank the blood / Of prophets martyr'd for the truth of God." "The perversion of sacred things" ; "Crucify him! Crucify him!" ; Enter Pontius Pilate ; Surrender ; "The people are not that cruel" ; Joseph's homecoming ; Trial by jury -- "Let us go to the far western shore / Where the blood-thirsty 'christians' will hunt us no more." Aftermath ; This world and the next.

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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : PublicAffairs, [2014]
Year Published: 2014
Description: xv, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781610393133
1610393139

SUBJECTS
Smith, Joseph, -- Jr., -- 1805-1844 -- Assassination.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History.
Mormon Church -- History.