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  • Letters from a Young Shaker

    William S. Byrd at Pleasant Hill

    by William S. Byrd ...
    In the early nineteenth century, a young man belonging to the prominent Byrd family of Virginia, the grandson of William Byrd III, took up residence in the Shaker community at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Over the next two years, 1826–1828, he wrote a series of letters to his father, a federal judge in Ohio, describing his experiences and his impressions of the United Society of Believers, as the ... Read more

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  • A House Full of Females

    Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870

    by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich ...
    From the author of A Midwife's Tale, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize for History,and The Age of Homespun--a revelatory, nuanced, and deeply intimate look at the world of early Mormon women whose seemingly ordinary lives belied an astonishingly revolutionary spirit, drive, and determination.A stunning and sure-to-be controversial book that pieces together, through more than two ... Read more

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  • Against Slavery

    An Abolitionist Reader

    Edited by Mason Lowance ...
    "An invaluable resource to students, scholars, and general readers alike."—Amazon.comThis colleciton assembles more than forty speeches, lectures, and essays critical to the abolitionist crusade, featuring writing by William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Lydia Maria Child, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the ... Read more

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  • Crossing Swords

    Mary Baker Eddy vs. Victoria Claflin Woodhull and the Battle for the Soul of Marriage

    by Cindy Peyser Safronoff ...
    A woman is running for US President! Socialism is gaining ground in America, and a campaign is underway to redefine marriage, causing a culture war between Christian leaders and feminists. The year is 1872, and Victoria Woodhull is leading the radical faction of the women's rights movement along with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. On the other end of the women's rights spectrum, more ... Read more

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  • The Great Awakening: The Roots of Evangelical Christianity in Colonial America

    by Thomas S. Kidd ...
    In the mid-eighteenth century, Americans experienced an outbreak of religious revivals that shook colonial society. This book provides a definitive view of these revivals, now known as the First Great Awakening, and their dramatic effects on American culture. Historian Thomas S. Kidd tells the absorbing story of early American evangelical Christianity through the lives of seminal figures like ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Mormonism Unvailed

    Eber D. Howe, with critical comments by Dan Vogel

    by Eber D. Howe, Dan Vogel ...
    Any Latter-day Saint who has ever defended his or her beliefs has likely addressed issues first raised by Eber D. Howe in 1834. Howe’s famous exposé was the first of its kind, with information woven together from previous news articles and some thirty affidavits he and others collected. He lived and worked in Painesville, Ohio, where, in 1829, he had published about Joseph Smith’s discovery of a ... Read more

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  • A Concise History of Zion

    by E. Keith Howick ...
    When Joseph Smith received the keys to gather Israel and learned the location of the city of Zion, the Saints joyfully left Ohio to gather in their promised land. Independence was "the center place" and hopes were high. But hope soon faded under the weight of relentless persecution. The dream of Zion was postponed until the day when the Saints could gather before the throne of their Lord and King. ... Read more

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  • Charisma under Pressure

    Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1831–1839

    by Dan Vogel ...
    When Joseph Smith entered Kirtland, Ohio, for the first time, he had only the year before established a church and brought forth a new book of scripture, the Book of Mormon. After moving the church and most of its members from western New York and establishing its headquarters at Kirtland—while simultaneously establishing his Zion in communities in Missouri—he oversaw a decade of both peace and ... Read more

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  • Joseph Smith the Prophet

    by Truman G. Madsen ...
    Many books have been written about Joseph Smith. This one the product of Truman Madsen s deep love for the subject and years of research illuminates specific facets of Joseph Smith s greatness. The topics discussed include Joseph Smiths First Vision; his personality and character (including perspectives on his family life); his spiritual gifts and attributes; his varied trials; his Kirtland Temple ... Read more

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  • A Sweet Flame

    Piety in the Letters of Jonathan Edwards

    by Michael Haykin ...
    Series series Profiles in Reformed Spirituality
    A Sweet Flame introduces readers to the piety of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758). Dr. Haykins biographical sketch of Edwards captures the importance the New England minister placed on Scripture, family piety, and the churchs reliance upon God. The remainder of the book presents 26 selections from various letters written by Edwards, two written by family members at his death, and an appendix drawing ... Read more

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  • Slavery and the Constitution

    by William I. Bowditch ...
    In "Slavery and the Constitution," William I. Bowditch delves into the intricate relationship between the institution of slavery and the foundational legal framework of the United States. Bowditch's analytical literary style skillfully intertwines historical facts with legal arguments, creating a comprehensive examination of how slavery was entrenched in the Constitution and how it shaped the ... Read more

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  • Eyewitness Accounts of the Restoration

    by Backman, Milton V. ...
    This book is a collection of the eyewitness testimonies of the men and women who participated in the birth of Mormonism. Using all of the known writings of Joseph Smith and those of his contemporaries (such as Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith, Emma Hale Smith, William Smith, Katherine Smith Salisbury, Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, Martin Harris, and Joseph Knight), this work unfolds the dramatic story ... Read more

    $9.59 USD