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- Title
THE CONJUGAL RELATIONSHIPS OF PARLEY P. PRATT AS PORTRAYED IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
- Authors
Bruno, Cheryl L.
- Abstract
The article discusses the book "The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt," by Mormon leader Parley Parker (P.) Pratt, focusing on its descriptions of polygamy and family. It examines Pratt's relationship with his first wife, Thankful, and explores his separation from his wife Mary Ann Frost Stearns. The author comments on Pratt's ideas concerning the kingdom of God and analyzes Pratt's revisionism and defenses of polygamy. Other wives mentioned in the article include Martha Monks and Eleanor McComb.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PRATT, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857; AUTOBIOGRAPHY of Parley Parker Pratt, The (Book); POLYGAMY &; Christianity; MORMON families; STEARNS, Mary Ann Frost; MORMONS; SPOUSES of clergy; MAN-woman relationships; MORMON doctrines; KINGDOM of God; HISTORY; RELIGION
- Publication
Journal of Mormon History, 2011, Vol 37, Issue 1, p187
- ISSN
0094-7342
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/23291598