Charles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image

by Mary Campbell

On September 25, 1890, the Mormon prophet Wilford Woodruff publicly instructed his followers to abandon polygamy. In doing so, he initiated a process that would fundamentally alter the Latter-day Saints and their faith. Trading the most integral elements of their belief system for national acceptance, the Mormons recreated themselves as model Americans.

Mary Campbell tells the story of this remarkable religious transformation in Charles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022637369X
• ISBN13: 9780226373690
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 11.2"