Origin, Rise, And Progress Of Mormonism - Softcover

Pomeroy Tucker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461481340 ISBN 13: 9780461481341

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Origin, Rise, And Progress Of Mormonism: Biography Of Its Founders And History Of Its Church. Personal Remembrances And Historical Collections Hitherto Unwritten. By Pomeroy Tucker is a mid-19th-century historical and polemical account by Pomeroy Tucker, a Palmyra, New York observer with ties to local sources. The volume offers a biographical narrative of Joseph Smith Jr. and traces the rise of the Church of Latter-day Saints, its leaders, and its migrations from Palmyra to Ohio, Missouri, Nauvoo, and finally Utah. Tucker describes the discovery of the Golden Bible, the supposed translating instruments (Urim and Thummim), and the formation of Mormon leadership including Rigdon and Pratt, culminating in Brigham Young’s prominence. The work is strongly critical, portraying Mormonism as imposture and deception, and it details Smith’s money-digging schemes, the book’s publication, polygamy, expulsions, and clashes with state authorities. It includes prefatory remarks, a contents list, and appendices that present Tucker’s skeptical interpretation of Mormon claims.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461481340
• ISBN 13: 9780461481341
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 338