History Wars over Nauvoo

[_aussieguy55]

Ben Park has written a book Kingdom of Nauvoo:The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Empire

Susan Easton Black (not a professional historian written a review in the interpreter
https://journal.interpreterfoundation.o ... /#comments

There is a response on Faith-Promoting Rumor by Yakov Ben Tov
http://faithpromotingrumor.com/2020/07/ ... YWobAefbMo

[_moksha]

Well, this seems novel, unless anyone here may have heard about FARMS or the Interpreter publishing hit pieces on books about Church history previously.

[_huckelberry]

This reviewer finds that considering Nauvoo period polygamy degrades the prophet.

[_moksha]

The merciful thing is that it was a short hit piece.