The Face of Popular Excitement
The Crafting of the Book of Mormon and the murders of Mormon prophet
Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum Smith at Carthage, Ill. June 27, 1844
By Joseph Peter Staker
Author of Amish Mennonites in Tazewell County
(129 pages)
“Men engaged in unpopular projects expect more protection from the laws
than the laws are able to furnish in the face of popular excitement.”
̶ Illinois Governor Thomas Ford
THE FACE OF POPULAR EXCITEMENT
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