Description

Moving biography of a woman's struggles with polygamy and other problems in early Utah. Also accounts of other women's tragic experience with polygamy.

Table of Contents

Chapter

1. My Early Life
2. My First Introduction to Mormonism
3. The Labor of My Life Begun:—How the Mormon Missionaries Made Converts
4. Life Among the Saints—My New Engagements
5. Mormon Wonders:—Anointings and Miracles
6. The First Whisperings of Polygamy
7. My Husband's Mission:—I Am Left Alone
8. Our Mission in Switzerland:—Mutterings of the Coming Storm
9. The Revelation On Celestial "Marriage"
10. Missionary Work:—Teaching Polygamy
11. Mormonism in England:—Preparing to Emigrate
12. Emigration to Zion:—We Arrive in New York
13. Life in New York:—Conducting a Mormon Paper
14. Saintly Pilgrims on the Way—The "Divine" Hand-Cart Scheme
15. A Terrible Story:—The Hand-Cart Emigrants Crossing the Plains
16. Mary Burton's Story Continued:—Terrible Ending of the Hand-Cart Scheme
17. We Forsake All, and Set Out for Zion—Our Journey Across the Plains
18. My First Impressions of the City of the Saints
19. Brigham Young at Home:—We Visit the Prophet and His Wives
20. The Wives of Brigham Young:—Their History and Their Daily Life
21. The Origin of "The Reformation": Extraordinary Doing of the Saints
22. The "Reign of Terror" in Utah:—The Reformation of the Saints
23. The Mountain Meadows' Massacre:—"I Will Repay, Saith the Lord"
24. Ways and Works of the Saints:—The Prophet's Millinery Bill
25. Mysteries of the Endowment House:—Fearful Oaths and Secret Ceremonies
26. Secrets of Saintly Spouses:—A Visit From My Talkative Friend
27. Social Life in Salt Lake City:—Ball-Rooms, "Wall-Flowers," and Divorce
28. What Women Suffer in Polygamy:—The Story of Mary Burton
29. How Marriages Are Made in Utah—A New Wife Found for My Husband
30. Taking a Second Wife:—The Experience of the First
31. Trials—The Second Wife Chosen—Shadows of Life
32. Marriage for the Dead—Entering Into Polygamy—The New Life
33. Domestic Arrangements of the Saints:—Polygamy from a Woman's Standpoint
34. Lights and Shadows of Polygamy:—Marriage and Baptism for the Dead
35. Festivities and Social Gatherings of the Saints:—The Prophet's Whiskey Shop and Dry-Goods Store
36. My Daughter Becomes the Fourth Wife of Brigham Young's Son—The Second Endowments
37. Realities of Polygamic Life:—Orson Pratt: The Story of His Young English Wife
38. "Our" Husband's Fiancée—A Second Wife's Sorrows—Steps Towards Apostasy
39. Some Curious Courtships—Brigham Ruins Our Fortunes—Belinda Divorces "Our" Husband
40. Mary Burton—Life's Journey Ended: Rest at Last
41. My Husband Disfellowshipped—We Apostatise—Brutal Outrage Upon My Husband and Myself
42. Amusing Troubles of My Talkative Friend—Charlotte with the Golden Hair!
43. After We Left the Church—Interesting Facts and Figures—The Mormonism and Mormons of To-Day