Introduction11The Significance of Nauvoo for Latter-day Saints192The Nauvoo Charter: A Reinterpretation393The Nauvoo Legion, 1840-45: A Unique Military Organization484The Political Kingdom of God as a Cause of Mormon-Gentile Conflict625The Nauvoo Neighborhood: A Little Philadelphia or a Unique City Set upon a Hill?726The Mormon Press in Nauvoo, 1839-46947Religion in Nauvoo: Some Reflections1198Mormon Polygamy: Belief and Practice in Nauvoo1309The Kingdom of God in Illinois: Politics in Utopia14710Mormon Nauvoo from a Non-Mormon Perspective16011The Martyrdom of Joseph Smith in Early Mormon Writings18112The Lion and the Lady: Brigham Young and Emma Smith19813From Assassination to Expulsion: Two Years of Distrust, Hostility, and Violence21414The Awesome Responsibility: Joseph Smith III and the Nauvoo Experience231Bibliographical Essay251Contributors269Index273