Doing the works of Abraham : Mormon polygamy : its origin, practice, and demise
Back cover: No issue in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has attracted more attention than polygamy. From its contentious and secretive beginnings in the 1830s, through almost four decades of bitter conflict with the federal government, to Church renunciation of the practice in 1890, this practice helped define a new religious identity,just as it handed the Saints' enemies the most effective weapon they weilded in their battles against a Mormon theocracy. [This book] provides the basic documents supporting and challenging the controversial practice, supported by the concise commentary and documentation of editor B. Carmon Hardy
Print Book, English, 2007
Arthur H. Clark Co., Norman, Okla., 2007