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Title Nauvoo polygamy : "but we called it celestial marriage" / George D. Smith.
Author Smith, George D. (George Dempster), 1938-
Publication Info. Salt Lake City : Signature Books, 2011.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  261.835 SMI    Check Shelves
Edition 2nd ed.
Description xxiii, 707 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 657-688) and index.
Contents Anticipation -- Joseph's wives -- A pause, more wives, and a revelation -- Sharing favors -- A surge in plural families -- How plural marriage worked -- A silenced past -- In search of lost history -- Antecedents and legacy -- Appendix A: The 1843 revelation (excerpts) -- Appendix B: Nauvoo polygamous families.
Subject Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Mormon Church.
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Mormon Church.
Polygamy -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History -- 19th century.
Nauvoo (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
ISBN 9781560852070 (pbk : alk. paper) : $28.95
1560852070 (pbk : alk. paper)
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