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Junius and Joseph : presidential politics and the assassination of the first Mormon prophet /

Title: Junius and Joseph : presidential politics and the assassination of the first Mormon prophet / Robert S. Wicks and Fred R. Foister.
Author: Wicks, Robert Sigfrid, 1954-
Publication: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c2005.

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Foister, Fred R., 1947-

Description

xi, 316 p. : ill., 1 map; 25 cm.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-306) and index.

Contents

New World Eden: the promise of America in late Jacksonian politics -- "Clear the way for Henry Clay" -- "To save the district for the Whigs" -- "Nauvoo is no place for rational people" -- The third party -- "Missourians seem determined not to let us alone" -- The candidate -- Thy kingdom come-- in Texas -- Two conventions -- What will be the end of things? -- Retributive justice -- Gentlemen of undoubted veracity -- Carthage -- Distance lent enchantment to the view -- The kingdom delayed -- "Bound by common guilt and danger to commit almost any act to save them from infamy" -- Wolf hunts -- The campaign continues -- "To avenge the blood that stains the walls of Carthage jail" -- How wide the conspiracy?

ISBN

0874216079 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0874216087 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2005004399

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Princeton University Library