Kingdom on the Mississippi Revisited Nauvoo in Mormon History |
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| Editor:
| Launius, Roger D.
Hallwas, John E. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-06494-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1996 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Who were the Nauvoo Mormons? Were they Jacksonian Americans or did they embody some other weltanschaung? Why did this tiny Illinois town become such a protracted battleground for the Mormons and non-Mormons in the region? And what is the larger meaning of the Nauvoo experience for the various inheritors of the legacy of Joseph Smith, Jr.?Kingdom ......
Who were the Nauvoo Mormons? Were they Jacksonian Americans or did they embody some other weltanschaung? Why did this tiny Illinois town become such a protracted battleground for the Mormons and non-Mormons in the region? And what is the larger meaning of the Nauvoo experience for the various inheritors of the legacy of Joseph Smith, Jr.?Kingdom ......