Wife No19 Or The Story Of A Li
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Wife No 19
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Author : Ann Eliza Young
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-12-08
Wife No 19 written by Ann Eliza Young and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-08 with categories.
Ann Eliza Young was twenty-four when Brigham Young, the sixty-seven-year-old leader of the Latter Day Saint movement, married her. During the course of his life Brigham Young married a total of fifty-five wives so when Ann married him she joined the eighteen other women in his house to become his nineteenth living wife. Ann Eliza Young's book Wife No. 19 is a cutting criticism of nineteenth century Mormonism and the beliefs that were held by the Latter Day Saints at that time. Beginning with the advent of Mormonism she provides a history of the religion from the moment when it was founded by Joseph Smith through to the moment that she left Young's household and divorced him. This book covers the persecution that the Church suffered in its early days, such as the war in Missouri in 1838 when Mormons were targeted, and at points massacred, by local inhabitants. Ann, however, makes very clear that these attacks in no way justified Mormonism's later murky history when the Mountain Meadows massacre occurred against immigrants to Utah and the Church's association with ruthless men like John D. Lee. But she reserves her strongest criticism for the Later Day Saint's doctrine of "Celestial Marriage", which in the nineteenth century largely referred to the practice of polygamy. She had been brought up within polygamist household and so therefore knew the woes associated with it. Unfortunately, unforeseen circumstances forced Ann, like her mother before her, into a polygamist relationship. Wife No. 19 is one of the most powerful critiques of polygamy, written by a woman who had actually lived through its hardships. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints largely distanced itself from polygamy in the later-nineteenth century, much due to the work of Ann Eliza Young. On the books publication The New York Times stated that "Polygamy has received a heavy blow." Ann Eliza Young was one of Brigham Young's fifty-five wives and later a critic of polygamy. She spoke out against the suppression of women and was an advocate for women's rights during the 19th century. Her book Wife No. 19 was first published in 1875 and she died in 1917.
The 19th Wife
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Author : David Ebershoff
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2008-08-05
The 19th Wife written by David Ebershoff and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-05 with Fiction categories.
Faith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain. Sweeping and lyrical, spellbinding and unforgettable, David Ebershoff’s The 19th Wife combines epic historical fiction with a modern murder mystery to create a brilliant novel of literary suspense. It is 1875, and Ann Eliza Young has recently separated from her powerful husband, Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. A rich account of a family’s polygamous history is revealed, including how a young woman became a plural wife. Soon after Ann Eliza’s story begins, a second exquisite narrative unfolds–a tale of murder involving a polygamist family in present-day Utah. Jordan Scott, a young man who was thrown out of his fundamentalist sect years earlier, must reenter the world that cast him aside in order to discover the truth behind his father’s death. And as Ann Eliza’s narrative intertwines with that of Jordan’ s search, readers are pulled deeper into the mysteries of love and faith. Praise for The 19th Wife “This exquisite tour de force explores the dark roots of polygamy and its modern-day fruit in a renegade cult . . . Ebershoff brilliantly blends a haunting fictional narrative by Ann Eliza Young, the real-life 19th “rebel” wife of Mormon leader Brigham Young, with the equally compelling contemporary narrative of fictional Jordan Scott, a 20-year-old gay man. . . . With the topic of plural marriage and its shattering impact on women and powerless children in today's headlines, this novel is essential reading for anyone seeking understanding of the subject.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Mormonism Unveiled
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Author : John D. Lee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-07-25
Mormonism Unveiled written by John D. Lee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-25 with categories.
In September 1857, the Baker-Fancher emigrant wagon train was travelling on their way to California. They would never make it further than Mountain Meadows in southern Utah. The Nauvoo legion, composed of southern Utah's Mormon settlers, attacked the emigrants with guns and bowie knives with the intention of leaving no witnesses and thus prevent reprisals. Of the one hundred and twenty emigrants only seventeen children under seven were left alive. Why did this abhorrent massacre occur? And who organized and instigated this atrocity? John D. Lee was a prominent early member of the Latter Day Saint Movement in Utah was sentenced to death for his complicity in the Mountain Meadows massacre. Yet, before he was executed, he recorded the story of his life, including the awful events of September 1857, in his book Mormonism Unveiled; Life and Confessions of John D. Lee. This book covers the earliest days of Mormonism and how the religion developed under the leadership of Brigham Young and is essential reading for anyone interested in nineteenth century America. John D. Lee was an American pioneer and prominent early member of the Latter Day Saint Movement in Utah. He was executed for his part in the Mountain Meadows massacre in 1877 and his book Mormonism Unveiled: The Life and Confession of John D. Lee and the Complete Life of Brigham Young was published in the same year. As a bonus to the reader the publisher has also included Ann Eliza Young's memoir Wife No. 19: The Story of a Life in Bondage, Being a Complete Exposé of Mormonism, and Revealing the Sorrows, Sacrifices and Sufferings of Women in Polygamy and William Adams Hickman's memoir Brigham's Destroying Angel: Being the Life, Confession, and Startling Disclosures of the Notorious Bill Hickman, the Danite Chief of Utah to provide two further accounts of life in the Mormon church during this controversial period.
Real Estate Record And Builders Guide
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
Real Estate Record And Builders Guide written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with categories.
The Publishers Weekly
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
The Publishers Weekly written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with American literature categories.
The Indiana Companion To Traditional Chinese Literature
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Author : William H. Nienhauser
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1986
The Indiana Companion To Traditional Chinese Literature written by William H. Nienhauser and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Literary Collections categories.
"A vertitable feast of concise, useful, reliable, and up-to-dateinformation (all prepared by top scholars in the field), Nienhauser's now two-volumetitle stands alone as THE standard reference work for the study of traditionalChinese literature. Nothing like it has ever been published." --Choice The second volume to The Indiana Companion to TraditionalChinese Literature is both a supplement and an update to the original volume. VolumeII includes over 60 new entries on famous writers, works, and genres of traditionalChinese literature, followed by an extensive bibliographic update (1985-1997) ofeditions, translations, and studies (primarily in English, Chinese, Japanese, French, and German) for the 500+ entries of Volume I.
The Chinese Fairy Book
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Author : Frederick H. Martens, Translator
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2016-05-31
The Chinese Fairy Book written by Frederick H. Martens, Translator and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-31 with Reference categories.
The fairy tales and legends of olden China have in common with the "Thousand and One Nights" an oriental glow and glitter of precious stones and gold and multicolored silks, an oriental wealth of fantastic and supernatural action. And yet they strike an exotic note distinct in itself. The seventy-three stories here presented after original sources, embracing "Nursery Fairy Tales," "Legends of the Gods," "Tales of Saints and Magicians," "Nature and Animal Tales," "Ghost Stories," "Historic Fairy Tales," and "Literary Fairy Tales," probably represent the most comprehensive and varied collection of oriental fairy tales ever made available for American readers. There is no child who will not enjoy their novel color, their fantastic beauty, their infinite variety of subject.... It is the writer's hope that others may take as much pleasure in reading them as he did in their translation.
Biographical Dictionary Of Chinese Women V 2 Twentieth Century
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Author : Lily Xiao Hong Lee
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-07-08
Biographical Dictionary Of Chinese Women V 2 Twentieth Century written by Lily Xiao Hong Lee and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-08 with History categories.
The first biographical dictionary in any Western language devoted solely to Chinese women, Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women is the product of years of research, translation, and writing by scores of China scholars from around the world. Volume II: Twentieth Century includes a far greater range of women than would have been previously possible because of the enormous amount of historical material and scholarly research that has become available recently. They include scientists, businesswomen, sportswomen, military officers, writers, scholars, revolutionary heroines, politicians, musicians, opera stars, film stars, artists, educators, nuns, and more.
Biographical Dictionary Of Chinese Women
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Author : Lily Xiao Hong Lee
language : en
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Release Date : 1998
Biographical Dictionary Of Chinese Women written by Lily Xiao Hong Lee and has been published by M.E. Sharpe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with China categories.
A biographical dictionary devoted to Chinese women, this text is the result of years of research, translation and writing from contributors from around the world. This volume focuses on the 20th century and includes sportwomen, film stars, musicians, politicians, artists, educators and more.
Amy Tan
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Author : Mary Ellen Snodgrass
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-01-24
Amy Tan written by Mary Ellen Snodgrass and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-24 with Literary Criticism categories.
In the mid-1980s, Amy Tan was a successful but unhappy corporate speechwriter. By the end of the decade, she was perched firmly atop the best-seller lists with The Joy Luck Club, with more popular novels to follow. Tan's work--once pigeonholed as ethnic literature--resonates with universal themes that cross cultural and ideological boundaries, and prove wildly successful with readers of all stripes. Tender, sincere, complex, honest and uncompromising in its portrayal of Chinese culture and its affect on women, Amy Tan's work earned her both praise and excoriation from critics, adoration from fans, and a place as one of America's most notable modern writers. This reference work introduces and summarizes Amy Tan's life, her body of literature, and her characters. The main text is comprised of entries covering characters, dates, historical figures and events, allusions, motifs and themes from her works. The entries combine critical insights with generous citations from primary and secondary sources. Each entry concludes with a selected bibliography. There is also a chronology of Tan's family history and her life. Appendices provide an overlapping timeline of historical and fictional events in Tan's work; a glossary of foreign terms found in her writing; and a list of related writing and research topics. An extensive bibliography and a comprehensive index accompany the text.