Mormon Enigma

"One of the great biographies in Mormon and nineteenth-century American literature. A model of honesty, clarity, and fairness."--Leonard J. Arrington, coauthor of The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints "Not only Mormons, but all those concerned with the role of women in religion and society will find this book of exceptional interest. Skillfully and engagingly, yet with scrupulous fidelity to their exhaustive research, the authors tell the complex story of Emma Smith. This is a remarkable book about a remarkable woman."--Lawrence Foster, author of Religion and Sexuality: The Shakers, the Mormons, and the Oneida Community "Provides a heretofore unavailable and sustained and well-rounded picture of the early history of Mormonism from a feminine point of view. . . . The book is marvelous. It will be the standard work on Emma from this point on."--Jan Shipps, author of Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition