THE POLYGAMY STORY: FICTION AND FACT

Dark blue DJ and spine. DJ is; Perhaps no other principle of "Mormonism" has engendered more criticism and controversy than the practice of plural marriage. When this principle was restored in the mid-1830s the Prophet Joseph Smith and his devout followers shrank from obeying it until they received a divine dictum to do so. It was a doctrine repugnant to a people raised in puritanical monogamy. The practice was necessarily secret in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois because of anti-bigamy laws banning its practice, but when the Latter-day Saints were driven west outside the confines of the United States it was declared a divine law from the pulpit and was commended to the Church as a necessary commandment. ; 6.25" x 9.25"; 166 pages Very Good+ slightly rubbed, edge worn, and Torn, Otherwise book is pages are nice, tight, and clean. Previous owner name inside front cover.