“Nauvoo Polygamy is a meticulously researched and skillfully written work on Mormon polygamy. The author does not take sides in this tangled web of theology and practice, but instead has produced what may well be the definitive work on polygamy.” —Linda King Newell, author of Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith

“A portal to understanding where some contemporary Utah polygamists have found inspiration for their way of life, from child brides and secret ceremonies to their defiance of marriage laws. The narrative in George D. Smith’s Nauvoo Polygamy illustrates the development and breadth of polygamy as it was first practiced in the 1840s by the members of the LDS Church living in Nauvoo, Ill. … Uniquely chronicle Illinois marriages between 196 Mormon men and 717 women—about four wives to each man.” —Jennifer Dobner, Associated Press

“An extremely important contribution of the history of polygamy … to see how Joseph Smith’s marriages fit into the context of his daily life.” —Todd Compton, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought

“An ambitious new book. George D. Smith adds a square to the patchwork portrait that remains a work in progress some 164 years after the death of the charismatic founder of the LDS Church … Nauvoo Polygamy is a hefty book that draws on diaries, letters, marriage records, affidavits, and Church records.” —Brook Adams, The Salt Lake Tribune