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"Calling Joseph Smith "one of the grossest and most infamous impostors that ever appeared upon the face of the earth," John Cook Bennett exposes a viper's nest of bitterness and corruption in his inflammatory History of the Saints, which appeared in 1842.".
"Issuing dire warnings of a Mormon conspiracy to overthrow the government, Bennett catalogs the "Mormon Monster's career of imposture, iniquity, and treason" while presenting testimonies to his own unsullied character.
Castigating the church and everyone associated with it, he describes the elaborate "seraglio" - the hierarchy of females at the disposal of men of power - and the Mormons' military and civic organization, as well as their secret societies, including the Danites, an elite group of spies and informers who purportedly dressed as women while engaged in their dark schemes.
This same John Bennett had been Joseph Smith's assistant president and close confidant, as well as the mayor of the city of Nauvoo, a major general of its militia, and a chancellor of its university." "Andrew F. Smith's introduction examines this enigmatic character, putting Bennett's disavowal of the church and his near-fanatical crusade into perspective."--BOOK JACKET.
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Church history, Controversial literature, History, Mormon Church, Mormons, Smith, joseph, jr., 1805-1844, Nauvoo (ill.), United states, church historyPeople
Joseph Smith (1805-1844)Places
Illinois, Nauvoo, Nauvoo (Ill.)Times
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The history of the saints, or, An exposé of Joe Smith and Mormonism
2000, University of Illinois Press
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1842, Leland & Whiting, Bradbury, Soden
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Cover-title: Mormonism exposed.
Master microform held by: LrI.
Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 13076).
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