TY - BOOK ID - 15992226 TI - Junius And Joseph : Presidential Politics and the Assassination of the First Mormon Prophet AU - Wicks, Robert Sigfrid AU - Foister, Fred R. PY - 2005 SN - 1283267292 9786613267290 0874215269 0874216087 9780874215267 9780874216073 0874216079 9780874216080 0874216079 PB - Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Presidential candidates KW - Mormons KW - Presidents KW - Mormon Church KW - Election KW - Political activity KW - History KW - Political aspects KW - Smith, Joseph, KW - Assassination. KW - Whig Party (U.S.) KW - United States KW - Illinois KW - Politics and government KW - Mormonism KW - Presidency KW - Whig Party KW - American Whig Party KW - Christian sects KW - Heads of state KW - Executive power KW - National Republican Party (U.S.) KW - Latter Day Saint churches KW - Latter Day Saints KW - Brighamite Mormons KW - Church of Christ (Temple Lot) members KW - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints members KW - Church of Jesus Christ (Strangites) members KW - Hedrikites KW - Josephite Mormons KW - Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints members KW - Reorganized Mormons KW - RLDS Mormons KW - Strangite Mormons KW - Temple Lot Mormons KW - Utah Mormons KW - Christians UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15992226 AB - ""Junius and Joseph examines Joseph Smith's nearly forgotten [1844] presidential bid, the events leading up to his assassination on June 27, 1844, and the tangled aftermath of the tragic incident. It... establishes that Joseph Smith's murder, rather than being the deadly outcome of a spontaneous mob uprising, was in fact a carefully planned military-style execution. It is now possible to identify many of the key individuals engaged in planning his assassination as well as those who took part in the assault on Carthage jail. And furthermore, this study presents incontrovertible evidence th ER -