The Assassination of Joseph Smith: Innocent Blood on the Banner of Liberty
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- $22.99
Ryan C. Jenkins reconstructs the last five years and eight months of Joseph Smith's life, from the Missouri persecutions and Liberty Jail through the founding of Nauvoo, mounting political and religious conflict, the Nauvoo Expositor crisis, and the mob attack at Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844. Written in present tense with no fictional characters, it draws on the Joseph Smith Papers, History of the Church, and eyewitness accounts to portray the escalating 'chase' to kill the Mormon prophet and his brother Hyrum.
- A day-by-day, hour-by-hour countdown to the martyrdom that reads like a thriller yet stays true to the sources.
- Present-tense narration puts readers inside the Nauvoo years and the tense final hours at Carthage.
- Weaves in firsthand accounts—Josiah Quincy, Charles Francis Adams, Parley Pratt, Dan Jones—for immediacy.
- Frames Joseph Smith's death alongside Lincoln's and the martyred prophets of scripture.
Perfect for a Latter-day Saint reader who wants an accessible, chronological, faith-affirming narrative of Joseph Smith's final years and martyrdom drawn from primary sources.
Product Details
- Author
- Ryan C. Jenkins
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 356
- Dimensions
- 6x9 in
- Interior
- Black and White
- Weight
- 15.4 oz
- ISBN
- 9781462116492
- SKU
- 16492
- Imprint
- CFI
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