LEADER 03631oam 2200505 450 001 9910132646403321 005 20230617024100.0 010 $a9780874216087 (ebook) 035 $a(CKB)3680000000164687 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000985959 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11575285 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000985959 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10933318 035 $a(PQKB)11659689 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00074848 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/50985 035 $a(EXLCZ)993680000000164687 100 $a20160829d2005 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJunius and Joseph presidential politics and the assassination of the first Mormon prophet /$fRobert S. Wicks, Fred R. Foister 210 $cUtah State University, University Libraries$d2005 210 31$aUtah :$cUtah State University Press,$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 316 pages) $cillustrations; digital, PDF file(s) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aJunius and Joseph examines Joseph Smith's nearly forgotten [1844] presidential bid, the events leading up to his assassination on June 27, 1844, and the tangled aftermath of the tragic incident. It... establishes that Joseph Smith's murder, rather than being the deadly outcome of a spontaneous mob uprising, was in fact a carefully planned military-style execution. It is now possible to identify many of the key individuals engaged in planning his assassination as well as those who took part in the assault on Carthage jail. And furthermore, this study presents incontrovertible evidence that the effort to remove the Mormon leader from power and influence extended well beyond Hancock County [Illinois] (and included prominent Whig politicians as well as the Democratic governor of the state), thereby transforming his death from an impulsive act by local vigilantes into a political assassination sanctioned by some of the most powerful men in Illinois. The circumstances surrounding Joseph Smith's death also serve to highlight the often unrecognized truth that a full understanding of early Mormon history can be gained only when considered in the context of events taking place in American society as a whole." Beginning with this provocative thesis from the introduction, Wicks and Foister engage in a thorough reexamination of Joseph Smith's 1844 presidential candidacy, its political context and implications, and its probable connection to his murder. While their work asserts controversial conclusions about what and who were behind that murder, its import extends further since it provides unprecedented, detailed portraits of political Mormonism, politics in 1844 Illinois and the Midwest, the web of connections and personalities that linked the two, and the events of June 27. 606 $aReligion$2HILCC 606 $aPhilosophy & Religion$2HILCC 606 $aChristianity$2HILCC 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1841-1845 607 $aIllinois$xPolitics and government$yTo 1865 615 7$aReligion 615 7$aPhilosophy & Religion 615 7$aChristianity 700 $aWicks$b Robert Sigfrid$0935364 702 $aFoister$b Fred R..$f1947- 801 0$bPQKB 801 2$bUkMaJRU 912 $a9910132646403321 996 $aJunius and Joseph presidential politics and the assassination of the first Mormon prophet$92106812 997 $aUNINA