Early Mormon Polygamy

This compilation of articles and book reviews on Mormon polygamy is selected from over fifty years of LDS scholarship published by BYU Studies. This volume features articles on the Church's legal confrontation with government over polygamy, various aspects of plural marriage in St. George, the perspectives of two prominent Mormon plural wives (Eliza R. Snow and Emmeline B. Wells), and several reviews of books addressing various aspects of polygamy. Contents "Letters on Mormon...
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This compilation of articles and book reviews on Mormon polygamy is selected from over fifty years of LDS scholarship published by BYU Studies. This volume features articles on the Church's legal confrontation with government over polygamy, various aspects of plural marriage in St. George, the perspectives of two prominent Mormon plural wives (Eliza R. Snow and Emmeline B. Wells), and several reviews of books addressing various aspects of polygamy. Contents "Letters on Mormon Polygamy and Progeny: Eliza R. Snow and Martin Luther Holbrook, 1866-1869" by Jill Mulvay Derr and Matthew J. Grow "A Strange Encounter: The English Courts and Mormon Polygamy" by Kenneth L. Cannon II "Emmeline B. Wells: 'Am I Not a Woman and a Sister?'" by Carol Cornwall Madsen "The Legislative Antipolygamy Campaign" by Richard D. Poll "The Mormon Disfranchisements of 1882 to 1892" by Joseph H. Groberg "The Judicial Campaign against Polygamy and the Enduring Legal Questions" by Edwin Brown Firmage "Probing the High Prevalence of Polygyny in St. George, 1861-1880: An Introduction" by Davis Bitton, Val Lambson, Lowell C. Bennion, and Kathryn M. Daynes "Demographic Limits of Nineteenth-Century Mormon Polygyny" by Davis Bitton and Val Lambson "Mapping the Extent of Plural Marriage in St. George, 1861-1880" by Lowell C. Bennion "Striving to Live the Principle in Utah's First Temple City: A Snapshot of Polygamy in St. George, Utah, in June 1880" by Kathryn M. Daynes "Plural Marriage in St. George: A Summary and an Invitation" by Davis Bitton, Val Lambson, Lowell C. Bennion, and Kathryn M. Daynes Reviews