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Author: Glen M. Leonard
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The drama of Joseph Smith's last years, the deep religious meaning of the latter-day gathering, and the excitement of raising a city of refuge on the Illinois frontier made Nauvoo, for a time, a place of peace for a people of promise.
Author Glen M. Leonard observes, "Because the enduring legacy of Mormon Nauvoo is religious, it makes sense to tell the story from that perspective."
This eagerly awaited volume portrays the political and economic climate of Nauvoo in the 1840s as it focuses on the essential spiritual nature of the city of Joseph. There the Prophet Joseph Smith envisioned Church expansion that is only beginning to be realized a century and a half later. And there the Prophet restored long-lost doctrines on the eternal potential of human beings, introduced sacred temple ordinances, and, finally, sealed his testimony with his blood at nearby Carthage Jail.
This interpretive history of the restored Church and its people of faith during a cru-cial time shows that Nauvoo was established for Latter-day Saints as a haven from a troubled world and as the headquarters of a religion dedicated to bringing people to Christ in preparation for his millennial reign.
Drawing on decades of his own research, the work of previous Nauvoo scholars, and the files of T. Edgar Lyon and Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated, the author brings together information from original letters, minutes, diaries, newspaper reports, and early publications.
"I have allowed the Saints themselves to speak, to share their feelings about the meaning of the unfolding drama that defined the Nauvoo years," Dr. Leonard says.
Nauvoo: A Place of Peace, a People of Promise, written to be enjoyed by a broad general audience and to be studied by scholars, sheds important new light on a familiar story and brings understanding to the present even as it explains the past.
Pages: 828
