American crucifixion : the murder of Joseph Smith and the fate of the Mormon church
(Playaway Audiobook)

Issued on Playaway.

Title from container.

"Tantor Audio."

"HD."

"LIGHT."

Release date supplied by publisher.

Previously released by Tantor Media, Inc., ℗2014.

One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.

Read by Michael Prichard.

At thirty-nine years old, Joseph Smith had already lived an outsized life. In addition to starting the Church of Latter-day Saints and creating his own "Golden Bible" -- the Book of Mormon -- he had worked as a water dowser and treasure hunter. He'd led his people to Ohio, then Missouri, and then Illinois, where he founded a city larger than fledgling Chicago. He was running for president. And he had secretly married more than thirty women. In American Crucifixion, Alex Beam tells how Smith went from charismatic leader to public enemy: how his most seismic revelation -- the doctrine of polygamy -- created a rift among his people; how that schism turned to violence; and how, ultimately, Smith could not escape the consequences of his ambition and pride.