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Author Beam, Alex.

Title American crucifixion : the murder of Joseph Smith and the fate of the Mormon church / Alex Beam.

Publication Info. New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  289.3 BEAM    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  289.3 BEA    Storage
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  289.3092 BEAM    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  289.3092 BEA    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  279.93 BEA    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  289.3092 BEAM    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  289.3 B37    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  289.3 BEAM    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  289.3 BEA    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  289.3 BEAM    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xv, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-306, 309-320) and index.
Contents 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.
Local Note PORTNONFIC
Subject Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 -- Assassination.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History.
Latter Day Saint churches -- History.
ISBN 9781610393133 (hc) : $26.99
1610393139 (hc)
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