Nauvoo polygamy
Subtitle: "... but we called it celestial marriage"
By: by George D. Smith.
Publisher: Signature Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Salt Lake City
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781560851998
Subjects: Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Mormon Church; Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Mormon Church
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Anticipation : "the restoration of all things"; title: Joseph's wives : "comfort me now"; title: A pause, more wives, and a revelation : "ten virgins ... given by this law"; title: Sharing favors : "all the wives you want"; title: A surge in plural families : "I have six wives ... and not afraid of another"; title: How plural marriage worked; title: "It was whispered ... the authorities were getting more wives than one"; title: A silenced past : "no man shall have but one wife"; title: Nauvoo celestial marriage : antecedents and legacy; title: Appendix A: Joseph Smith's 1843 celestial marriage revelation : excerpts; title: Appendix B: Nauvoo polygamy, 1841-46 : a demographic profile; title: Appendix C: Smith family genealogy.