Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith

Linda King Newell, Valeen Tippetts Avery

University of Illinois Press, 1994 - Biography & Autobiography - 394 pages

Mormon Enigma is the bestselling biography of Emma Hale Smith, wife of the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith. It was Joseph Smith who announced that an angel of the Lord had commanded him to introduce a 'new order of marriage.' And it was Emma Hale Smith who confronted the practice of polygamy head on. As the authors note in their introduction, ''Early ......

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Contents

• List of Illustrations: ix
• Preface to the Second Edition: xi
• Introduction: xix
• Emma and Joseph 18251827: 1
• The Elect Lady 18271830: 24
• Gathering in Ohio 18301834: 37
• Seas of Tribulation 18341838: 53
• Strife in Missouri 18381839: 69
• Sanctuary in a Swamp 18391841: 80
• A New Order of Marriage 18411842: 95
• In Search of Iniquity SpringSummer 1842: 106
• Aid to the Fugitive JuneSeptember 1842: 119
• More Wives and a Revelation September 1842July 1843: 130
• The Poisoning JuneDecember 1843: 157
• Voice of Innocence JanuaryJune 1844: 169
• A Final Farewell June 1228 1844: 183
• The Lady and the Lion Fall 1844: 199
• Inherit the Legacy October 1844October 1845: 210
• The Sun Casts a Shadow Winter 18451846: 221
• War in Nauvoo FebruaryDecember 1846: 231
• The Major 18461849: 242
• Change in Nauvoo 18501860: 255
• Emmas Sons Lewiss Son 18601870: 268
• Josephites and Brighamites 18701877: 281
• The Last Testimony 18761879: 296
• Epilogue: 305
• Abbreviations in Notes: 310
• Notes: 312
• Selected Bibliography: 369
• Index: 387

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith
• Authors: Linda King Newell, Valeen Tippetts Avery
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1994
• ISBN: 0252062914, 9780252062919
• Length: 394 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Religious; Biography & Autobiography / Women; Religion / Christianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)