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| Genre/Form: | History |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Linn, William Alexander, 1846-1917. Story of the Mormons. New York : Macmillan Co., 1923 (OCoLC)603445271 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
William Alexander Linn |
| OCLC Number: | 8932602 |
| Description: | xxv, 637 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | I. The Mormon origin -- Facility of human belief -- The Smith family -- How Joseph Smith became a money-digger -- First announcement of the golden Bible -- The different accounts of the revelation of the Bible -- Translation and publication of the Bible -- The Spaulding manuscript -- Sidney Rigdon: His biography -- "The everlasting gospel" -- The witnesses to the plates: Text of the two "testimonies" -- The Mormon Bible: Some of its errors and absurdities -- Organization of the church: Smith's ordination by John the Baptist -- The Mormons' beliefs and doctrines -- church government II. In Ohio -- The first converts at Kirtland -- Wild vagaries of the converts -- Growth of the church: The appointment of elders -- Gifts of tongues and miracles: How persons "spoke in tongues" -- Smith's Ohio business enterprises -- Last days at Kirtland III. In Missouri -- The directions to the saints about their Zion -- Smith's first visits to Missouri -- The expulsion from Jackson County -- Fruitless negotiations with the Jackson County people -- In Clay, Caldwell, and Daviess counties -- Radical dissensions in the church -- Beginning of active hostilities -- A state of civil war -- The final expulsion from the state IV. In Illinois -- The reception of the Mormons -- The settlement of Nauvoo -- The building up of the city -- The Nauvoo city government -- The Mormons in politics -- Smith a candidate for president of the United States -- Social conditions in Nauvoo -- Smith's picture of himself as autocrat -- Smith's falling out with Bennett and Higbee -- The institution of polygamy -- Public announcement of the doctrine of polygamy -- The suppression of the Expositor -- Uprising of the non-Mormons -- The murder of the prophet -- After Smith's death: The people in panic -- Rivalries over the succession: The claim of the prophet's eldest son -- Brigham Young: His early years -- Renewed trouble for the Mormons: More charges of stealing -- The expulsion of the Mormons -- The evacuation of Nauvoo -- Nauvoo after the exodus V. The migration to Utah -- Preparations for the long march: Uncertainty of their destination -- From the Mississippi to the Missouri -- The Mormon Battalion -- The camps on the Missouri -- The pioneer trip across the plains -- From the Rockies to Salt Lake Valley -- The following companies: Their leaders and make-up VI. In Utah -- The founding of Salt Lake City -- Progress of the settlement -- The foreign immigration to Utah -- The hand-cart tragedy -- Early political history -- Brigham Young's despotism -- The "reformation" -- Some church-inspired murders -- Blood atonement -- Territorial government -- Mormon treatment of federal officers -- The Mormon "war" -- The Mormon purpose -- Colonel Kane's mission -- The peace commission -- The Mountain Meadows Massacre -- After the "war" -- Attitude of the Mormons during the southern rebellion -- Eastern visitors to Salt Lake City -- Gentile irruption and Mormon schism -- The last years of Brigham Young -- Brigham Young's death -- Social aspects of polygamy -- The fight against polygamy -- The Mormonism of to-day. |
| Responsibility: | by William Alexander Linn. |
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