SIGNED x2! Carthage Conspiracy Trial of Joseph Smith Assassins LDS Dallin H Oaks

Description: SIGNED x2! Carthage Conspiracy Trial of Joseph Smith Assassins LDS Dallin H Oaks__________________________________ Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smithby Dallin H. Oaks and Marvin S. Hill Published by University of Illinois Press (1975)FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER w DUST JACKET, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, DALLIN H. OAKS & MARVIN S. HILL Condition:Excellent++ 1st Edition Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, DALLIN H. OAKS & MARVIN S. HILL! NO MARKS! The book itself looks brand new! The binding is tight and all 248 pages within are bright white with no writing, underlining, high-lighting, rips, tears, bends, or folds. The covers look perfect. The dust jacket is in good condition with a price clip and wear as can be seen in my photos. The dust jacket is now inside of a Mylar cover to keep this beautiful gem in awesome condition for generations to come. One could always upgrade the DJ and even slide it into this same Mylar cover if they choose. Signed copies do not turn up very often anymore! You will be happy with this one! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking! From the Authors:Our book is intended to have significance for both scholar and layman. We have tried to look at the trial as a significant legal event in Mormon and American history. But we have tried not to lose sight of the fact that good history is good narrative. Our introduction and concluding chapter may be of special significance for the scholar, but for most readers the point of interest will be the story between. About the Book:On a summer afternoon in 1844, the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith and his . brother Hyrum were shot through the bars of their cell in the Carthage, Illinois, jail. Despite the fact that the seven militia guards fired their muskets at point-blank range into the attacking mob of about 100, none of the assassins was wounded. And when the murder and conspiracy case came to trial, the prosecution had difficulty obtaining evidence against the five anti-Mormon defendants, even though the infamous event at the jail had been witnessed by many bystanders. Carthage Conspiracy deals with the general problem of Mormon-non- Mormon conflict, as well as with the dramatic story of Smith and his alleged assassins. The citizens of Hancock County, Illinois, were constantly on the brink of religious strife, for massive immigration of Mormons to Nauvoo and other towns had made them the most populous group, outnumbering all the earlier settlers. The latter, who often resented Mormon beliefs and activities, hoped that the Mormons would move away from their community — a wish which, of course, came true in 1846 when Brigham Young led a further migration to the West. In their study of the Carthage conspiracy trial, Oaks and Hill show that Justice sometimes winks at high crimes that are politically motivated and popularly supported, and that a trial by jury may be incapable of achieving justice in such cases, especially when the jury is not representative of both contending groups. Since the non-Mormons of Hancock County were glad to be rid of Smith, they were loath to punish anyone tor murdering him, and the Mormons, even though forming the majority in the county, were deliberately excluded from service on the jury. In the aftermath of the trial, the Mormons’ forced departure from Illinois became ennevitable. Some Book Reviews:5/5 Stars - Greg Newkirk rated it it was amazing - Flows wellA page turner of a legal and historical treatise. It is a sad and disappointing story, a tragedy. But it provides a great insight into conspiracy and extra-legal philosophy, explaining the deeper resources of reasoning and justification for murder. It is disturbing in its revelation that many people can be of like thinking in that they lack basic human decency while functioning normally in all other aspects of social life. 5/5 Stars -The Thousander Club rated it - really liked itLatter-day Saint Sunday school classes are filled with commentaries, quotes, and doctrine related to the early years of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Those formative years of a growing but bewildered new religion are sources of inspiration (and sometimes controversy) for Latter-day Saints. In the Nauvoo period in particular, Latter-day Saints explore the assassination of Joseph and Hyrum Smith mostly as it relates to the Saints' eventual exodus to the West, leaving behind the more nuanced circumstances of who and why. Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smith lets the reader linger and learn some of those nuances. To begin with, I greatly underappreciated how much politics played into the assassination of Joseph Smith. Although he had declared himself to be a candidate for President of the United States of America, the real political forces working toward his demise were local. With the Saints' growing population in Nauvoo and by extension Hancock County, Illinois, the "old citizens" became increasingly worried over the shifting political balance. It is the nature of a democratic government to reflect the majority of those it governs. Therefore, with more Mormons comes more Mormon public officials or those sympathetic to Mormon interests. Although religious bigotry and persecution was clearly an element of the Saints' eventual expulsion, the more interesting story—in my opinion—is how those anti-Mormon feelings fed into political agitation and upheaval.... Copyright © 2018-2024 TDM Inc. The photos and text in this listing are copyrighted. 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