Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Settler Illinois as a Developing Democracy
  • Illinois in 1839: Land of Worth and Accommodation
  • Joseph Smith and the New Politics of Belief
  • Saints and Suckers in the Settler State
  • Nauvoo Prophecies in the Hancock Status Order
  • Performing Citizenship in the House of Power
  • Religious Toleration and Political Ideology in the Illinois
  • Conclusion: The Lessons of Democratic Story Telling