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Hosea Stout : lawman, legislator, Mormon defender /

"Police chief, military officer, city attorney, legislator, and US Attorney, Hosea Stout influenced many of the major civil and political events of LDS and Utah history. He was accused in connection with several deaths and arrested on conspiracy charges in the murder of Richard Yates."--Pr...

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Main Author: Prince, Stephen L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Stout, Hosea, > 1810-1889.
Latter Day Saint pioneers > Utah > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > Utah.
Latter Day Saints > Utah > Biography.
Legislators > Utah > Biography.
Peace officers > Illinois > Nauvoo > Biography.
Latter Day Saint churches > History > 19th century.
Utah > History > 19th century.
Nauvoo (Ill.) > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781607324775
1607324776
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Shaker education
  • Reunion and abandonment
  • Quakers and Methodists
  • Introduction to Mormonism
  • Fight and flight
  • Refuge in Illinois
  • Rising through the ranks
  • Policing Nauvoo
  • The trek across Iowa
  • Winter quarters
  • The pinnacle of violence
  • Crossing the plains
  • Attorney and legislator
  • Mission to China
  • Lawyer and legislator
  • Reformation and winds of war
  • Resisting the feds
  • "The attorney of the Mormon Church"
  • The Cotton Mission
  • Last hurrah
  • Epilogue.

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