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American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church
By Beam, Alex
- ISBN
- 9781610393133
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
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Starred Review on March 15, 2014 | Arts and Humanities
One of the great stories in American religious history is given balanced coverage by Beam (columnist, Boston Globe; A Great Idea at the Time). The murder of Mormon religious leader Joseph Smith is compelling on its own terms and is made all the more so here by Beam's thorough research and riveting storytelling. He sets the stage by providing a capsule biography of Smith and a history of his church up to the Mormon arrival in Nauvoo, IL, in the early 1840s. Wherever Smi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
