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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Highly recommended, especially for college library religious studies and American History shelves
By Midwest Book Review
Thomas M. Spencer (Associate Professor of History, Northwest Missouri State University) lends his editing expertise to The Missouri Mormon Experience, a collection of essays by learned authors discussing the Mormon presence in Missouri during the nineteenth century - and the violence that resulted. Mistrust flared into open conflict, and by 1838, there was a three-month "Mormon War". Governor Lilburn Boggs made the personal decree that the Mormons had to be "exterminated or driven from the state". Reconstructing historical events with a keen eye toward understanding human motives in the context of the time, The Missouri Mormon Experience also reveals that the bloodshed - and subsequent Mormon expulsion - might have been avoided had Joseph Smith chosen the more tolerant Columbia as his new Zion, rather than Jackson County. Extensive notes and an index round out this fascinating historical chronicle of a chapter of strife that pushed the Mormons to ultimately move to Utah - repercussions remain to this modern day and age, for even today many Mormons are suspicious of the state of Missouri. Highly recommended, especially for college library religious studies and American History shelves.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.good history
By Samuel Harrison
Although combining chapters written by different authors, this book is well-written and edited. The historical perspectives given represent a number of different viewpoints, but they are balanced and insightful. Highly recommended.
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #1860918 in Books
- Published on: 2010-03-05
- Original language:English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.17" h x6.10" w x.91" l,1.05 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 200 pages
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