Kingdom of Nauvoo : the rise and fall of a religious empire on the American frontier
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Park, Benjamin E.
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New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2020].
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2020].
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324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-319) and index.
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"In Kingdom of Nauvoo, Benjamin E. Park excavates the brief, tragic life of a lost Mormon city, demonstrating that the Mormons are essential to understanding American history writ large. Using newly accessible sources, Park recreates the Mormons' 1839 flight from Missouri to Illinois. There, under the charismatic leadership of Joseph Smith, they founded Nauvoo, which shimmered briefly-but Smith's challenge to democratic traditions, as well as his new doctrine of polygamy, would bring about its fall. His wife Emma, rarely written about, opposed him, but the greater threat came from without: in 1844, a mob murdered Joseph, precipitating the Mormon trek to Utah. Throughout this chronicle, Park shows that far from being outsiders, the Mormons were representative of their era in their distrust of democracy and their attempt to forge a sovereign society of their own"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Park, B. E. (2020). Kingdom of Nauvoo: the rise and fall of a religious empire on the American frontier (First edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Park, Benjamin E. 2020. Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire On the American Frontier. New York, N.Y.: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Park, Benjamin E. Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire On the American Frontier New York, N.Y.: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2020.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Park, B. E. (2020). Kingdom of nauvoo: the rise and fall of a religious empire on the american frontier. First edn. New York, N.Y.: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Park, Benjamin E. Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire On the American Frontier First edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2020.

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