History of the Late Persecution Inflicted by the State of Missouri Upon the Mormons

First published in 1839, this gripping narrative by Parley P. Pratt, an early Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is one of the earliest published accounts of the intense suffering and persecution endured by the Saints in Missouri. Written shortly after the events it describes, it preserves firsthand detail and testimony from a key participant in those turbulent years. Pratt recounts the violent opposition that arose against the Saints as they settled in Jackson, Clay, Caldwell, and Daviess counties, and he documents the mob attacks, forced expulsions, destruction of property, and atrocities committed against men, women, and children. Central to the book is the infamous 1838 Missouri Mormon War, which climaxed with the extermination order issued…