"A significant collection . . . that provides a depth and breadth         of understanding reflective of the latest and best in Mormon history."         -- Paul M. Edwards, author of Our Legacy of Faith: A Brief History         of the RLDS       Who were the Nauvoo Mormons? Were they Jacksonian Americans or did they         embody some other weltanschaung? Why did this tiny Illinois town         become such a protracted battleground for the Mormons and non-Mormons         in the region? And what is the larger meaning of the Nauvoo experience         for the various inheritors of the legacy of Joseph Smith, Jr.?       Kingdom on the Mississippi Revisited includes fourteen thoughtful         explanations that represent the most insightful and imaginative work on         Mormon Nauvoo published in the last thirty years. The range of topics         includes the Nauvoo Legion, the Mormon press, the political kingdom of         God, the opposition of non-Mormons, the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, and         the meaning of Nauvoo for Mormons. The introduction provides a critique         of Nauvoo scholarship, and a closing bibliographical essay analyzes the         historical literature on the Mormon experience at Nauvoo.