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Smith, George D. (George Dempster), 1938-

Nauvoo polygamy : " ... but we called it celestial marriage" / by George D. Smith.

Salt Lake City : Signature Books, 2008.

xix, 705 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History -- 19th century.

Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Polygamy -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History -- 19th century.

Nauvoo (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Anticipation : "the restoration of all things" -- Joseph's wives : "comfort me now" -- A pause, more wives, and a revelation : "ten virgins ... given by this law" -- Sharing favors : "all the wives you want" -- A surge in plural families : "I have six wives ... and not afraid of another" -- How plural marriage worked -- "It was whispered ... the authorities were getting more wives than one" -- A silenced past : "no man shall have but one wife" -- Nauvoo celestial marriage : antecedents and legacy -- Appendix A: Joseph Smith's 1843 celestial marriage revelation : excerpts -- Appendix B: Nauvoo polygamy, 1841-46 : a demographic profile -- Appendix C: Smith family genealogy.

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