After Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, Parley P. Pratt was the most
influential figure in early Mormon history and culture. Missionary,
pamphleteer, theologian, historian, and martyr, Pratt was
perennially stalked by controversy--regarded, he said, "almost as
an Angel by thousands and counted an Imposter by tens of
thousands."
Tracing the life of this colorful figure from his hardscrabble
origins in upstate New York to his murder in 1857, Terryl Givens
and Matthew Grow explore the crucial role Pratt played in the
formation and expansion of early Mormonism. One of countless
ministers inspired by the antebellum revival movement known as the
Second Great Awakening, Pratt joined the Mormons in 1830 at the age
of twenty three and five years later became a member of the newly
formed Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, which vaulted him to the
forefront of church leadership for the rest of his life. Pratt's
missionary work--reaching from Canada to England, from Chile to
California--won hundreds of followers, but even more important were
his voluminous writings. Through books, newspaper articles,
pamphlets, poetry, fiction, and autobiography, Pratt spread the
Latter-day Saint message, battled the many who reviled it, and
delineated its theology in ways that still shape Mormon thought.
Drawing on letters, journals, and other rich archival sources,
Givens and Grow examine not only Pratt's writings but also his
complex personal life. A polygamist who married a dozen times and
fathered thirty children, Pratt took immense joy in his family
circle even as his devotion to Mormonism led to long absences that
put heavy strains on those he loved. It was during one such
absence, a mission trip to the East, that the estranged husband of
his twelfth wife shot and killed him--a shocking conclusion to a
life that never lacked in drama.
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