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Texas Republic and the Mormon Kingdom of God by Michael Scott Van Wagenen (2002, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTexas A&M University Press
ISBN-101585441848
ISBN-139781585441846
eBay Product ID (ePID)2144895
Product Key Features
Number of Pages136 Pages
Publication NameTexas Republic and the Mormon Kingdom of God
LanguageEnglish
SubjectChristianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon), Biography & Autobiography / Religious (See Also Religious / Christian / Biography & Autobiography), United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Historical
Publication Year2002
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, Juvenile Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorMichael Scott Van Wagenen
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.6 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2001-006772
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal976.4/04
SynopsisFrom its earliest days of colonization, Texas sparked the imagination and ambition of some of North America's greatest leaders. Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was one such man. His interest in Texas coincided with the strategic goal of Sam Houston, the president of the young Texas Republic, to create a buffer zone between the areas of Anglo settlement and Mexico. History has until now hidden how close the ambitions of these two men came to carving out a Mormon Kingdom of God in the Republic of Texas. In 1844 Smith and his followers were received with political jealousy, religious suspicions, and distaste by their neighbors in Nauvoo, Illinois. Smith looked outside the United States for both refuge and empire. Times were difficult for Texas president Sam Houston, as well. Texas faced the wrath of the Comanches on the western frontier and of Santa Anna on the disputed southern border. To make matters worse, the U.S. Congress was balking on the annexation issue. Houston was desperate, in debt, and looking for assistance from England, France, or perhaps even the Mormons. Smith appointed an ambassador to the Texas Republic, and secret negotiations began in earnest. According to Mormon records, Houston agreed to sell Smith a disputed strip of land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. Before the Mormon leader could take further action, however, he was murdered by a mob in Illinois. In the leadership succession crisis that ensued, the negotiations were abandoned. Yet, the secret negotiations cannot be seen as a total failure. Houston remained a friend to the Mormons throughout his political career and was later instrumental in ending the Utah War of 1857-58. In addition, a group of Mormon settlers emigrated to the Texas Republic on the eve of statehood and became an important part of the Texas cultural mosaic., This study tells of how close the ambitions of Sam Houston, the president of the young Texas republic, and Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, came to carving out a Mormon kingdom of God in Texas., From its earliest days of colonization, Texas sparked the imagination and ambition of some of North America's greatest leaders. Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was one such man. His interest in Texas coincided with the strategic goal of Sam Houston, the president of the young Texas Republic, to create a buffer zone between the areas of Anglo settlement and Mexico. History has until now hidden how close the ambitions of these two men came to carving out a Mormon Kingdom of God in the Republic of Texas. In 1844 Smith and his followers were received with political jealousy, religious suspicions, and distaste by their neighbors in Nauvoo, Illinois. Smith looked outside the United States for both refuge and empire. Times were difficult for Texas president Sam Houston, as well. Texas faced the wrath of the Comanches on the western frontier and of Santa Anna on the disputed southern border. To make matters worse, the U.S. Congress was balking on the annexation issue. Houston was desperate, in debt, and looking for assistance from England, France, or perhaps even the Mormons. Smith appointed an ambassador to the Texas Republic, and secret negotiations began in earnest. According to Mormon records, Houston agreed to sell Smith a disputed strip of land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. Before the Mormon leader could take further action, however, he was murdered by a mob in Illinois. In the leadership succession crisis that ensued, the negotiations were abandoned. Yet, the secret negotiations cannot be seen as a total failure. Houston remained a friend to the Mormons throughout his political career and was later instrumental in ending the Utah War of 1857--58. In addition, a group of Mormon settlers emigrated to the Texas Republic on the eve of statehood and became an important part of the Texas cultural mosaic.
LC Classification NumberF395.M8V36 2002
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