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The Saints and the State: The Mormon Troubles in Illinois By James Simeone
Title
The Saints and the State: The Mormon Troubles in Illinois By James Simeone
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2022
Authors
Rogers, Brent M. (Primary)
Pagination
279–282
Volume
61
Issue
1
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Abstract
The history of the Latter-day Saint experience in Nauvoo, Illinois, still has a great deal to teach us. It is not just the simplistic story of religious persecution and expulsion that is often rehearsed. In seven dense chapters, James Simeone, professor of political science at Illinois Wesleyan University, unveils a complex political milieu to explain the tension that led to the 1846 departure of the Saints from Illinois—and ultimately the United States.
Subject Keywords
Nauvoo, IL
Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846)
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