Elder Northfield's home; or, sacrificed on the Mormon altar. A story of territorial days in Utah. Second edition

by Jennie Bartlett Switzer

$100 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

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Boston: B. B. Russell Co., 1894 . 8vo, pp. 3 , 6-319, 1 ; printed self-wrappers, rear wrapper wanting; spine largely perished; stitching sound. Title page inscribed with love and best wishes of the author. Originally published by J. Howard Brown Co. circa 1882 with the subtitle, A story of the blighting curse of polygamy. The practice of plural marriage, commonly known as polygamy, stirred intense controversy in postbellum America until 1890, when the

• Binding: Wrappers

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