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Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith: Prophet's Wife, "Elect lady, " Polygamy's Foe, 180401879
by Newell, Linda King, and Avery, Valeen Tippetts
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good in fair dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ is worn, torn, soiled and chipped. Inscribed on half-title by Avery
- ISBN 10
- 0385171668
- ISBN 13
- 9780385171663
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 1984. Reprint. Later printing. Hardcover. Good in fair dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ is worn, torn, soiled and chipped. Inscribed on half-title by Avery. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 394 p. illustrated endpaper. Illustrations. Abbreviations. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. From Wikipedia: "Emma Hale Smith Bidamon (July 10, 1804 April 30, 1879) was the first wife of Joseph Smith and a leader in the early days of the Latter Day Saint movement during Joseph's lifetime and afterward as a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church). In 1842, she was named as the first president of the Ladies' Relief Society of Nauvoo, a women's service organization. From Wikipedia: "Valeen Tippetts Avery (December 22, 1936 April 7, 2006) was an American biographer and historian best known for her work on Western American and Latter Day Saint history. With biographer Linda King Newell, she co-authored Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, a biography of the wife of the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, Joseph Smith, Jr.."
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- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70696
- Title
- Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith: Prophet's Wife, "Elect lady, " Polygamy's Foe, 180401879
- Author
- Newell, Linda King, and Avery, Valeen Tippetts
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in fair dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ is worn, torn, soiled and chipped. Inscribed on half-title by Avery
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint. Later printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385171668
- ISBN 13
- 9780385171663
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Polygamy, Nauvoo, Bidamon, Joseph Smith, Relief Society, Celestial Marriage, Reorganized Church, Latter Day Saints, Brigham Young
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