And what did you think of it? I have not, but how does it compare to the other books on Mormon polygamy? Is there anything new it? Is it worth the read?
Yup, it's dry, but if you have family going back to Nauvoo days it is quite interesting. (Okay, maybe you have to be a genealogy nut too.) For example, I learned that my cousin 3x removed was a 70 and I know the day he was "endowed" in the Nauvoo Temple. Why is this so fascinating? I've been doing research on him--he was at MMM.
Back to the subject: I also heard Smith speak around the time the book came out. Brian Hales too--(the anesthesiologist) who was trying to debunk Smith.
Smith includes information on Joseph Smith's wives and the history of polygamy in other religious sects. I just pulled out my copy and see I have at least 3 dozen pages flagged.
For readability it comes in second to Compton's In Sacred Loneliness, but I'd say Smith's purpose was to provide an exhaustive survey of the subject and I think he does pretty well.
What was really disturbing to read, was, Smith and often Emma as well, lived with the families where the girls he later married were between 5-12 at that time.
That's what bothered me too - it was as if Joseph was grooming these girls. Many of them had know him since they were small children, something which made them all the more likely to trust him and give in to pressure to marry him.
Nina Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What was really disturbing to read, was, Smith and > often Emma as well, lived with the families where > the girls he later married were between 5-12 at > that time.
It'll take awhile to wade through it, but I like to be as informed as possible about this, seeing how my kids have polygamous roots through their father.
Sick, sick, perverted profit$, stinkers, and revelers.