In the first volume of the Persistence of Polygamy, the Bringhurst and Foster compiled an anthology of original articles on the controversies surrounding Joseph Smith Jr. and the origins of Mormon polygamy. In this second volume, they have assembled an array of new research into the wide diversity of polygamy as practiced by different Latter Day Saint groups during the later nineteenth century. In the third and final volume, they will consider the development of modern Fundamentalist Mormonism and the practice of polygamy after the 1890 manifesto.

The first in a three-volume anthology in which top scholars examine the entire range and history of Mormon polygamy.

Including Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, eleven Mormons have sought the highest office in the United States. Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster bring their stories to life as the attempt to answer the question, "Is America Ready for a Mormon President?"