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In the whirlpool : the pre-manifesto letters of President Wilford Woodruff to the William Atkin family, 1885-1890 / edited by Reid L. Neilson ; with contributions by Thomas G. Alexander and Jan Shipps.
- Title
- In the whirlpool : the pre-manifesto letters of President Wilford Woodruff to the William Atkin family, 1885-1890 / edited by Reid L. Neilson ; with contributions by Thomas G. Alexander and Jan Shipps.
- Author
- Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898
- Publication
- Norman, Okla. : Arthur H. Clark Co., 2011.
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- Description
- 232 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Well-edited collection of previously unpublished letters that provides insights into Wilford Woodruff's thought and perplexities, personal feelings and inner struggles, leading up to his 1890 Manifesto on polygamy.
- Subject
- Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898 > Correspondence
- Atkin, William, 1835-1900 > Correspondence
- Atkin, Rachel Thompson, 1835-1903 > Correspondence
- Atkins family > Correspondence
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > Presidents > Correspondence
- Latter Day Saint churches > Presidents > Correspondence
- Polygamy > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Genre/Form
- Personal correspondence
- Note
- Appendicies: Wilford Woodruff chronology -- The families of Wilford Woodruff and William Atkin -- 1890 Manifesto announcement.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Part one: Introduction -- A friendship forged in exile : Wilford Woodruff and William and Rachel Atkin family / Reid L. Neilson -- The odyssey of a Latter-day prophet : Wilford Woodruff and the Manifesto of 1890 / Thomas G. Alexander -- The principle revoked : Mormon reactions to Wilford Woodruff's 1890 Manifesto / Jan Shipps -- Part two: The pre-manifesto correspondence, 1885-1890 -- December 1885 -- July-December 1887 -- July-December 1888 -- January-December 1889 -- January-November 1890.
- ISBN
- 9780870623905 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0870623907 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2010030367
- OCLC
- 650827386
- SCSB-10938500
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library