Hosea Stout: Lawman, Legislator, Mormon Defender

Synopsis

Police Chief, Military Officer, City Attorney, Legislator, And Us Attorney, Hosea Stout Influenced Many Of The Major Civil And Political Events Of Lds And Utah History. He Was Accused In Connection With Several Deaths And Arrested On Conspiracy Charges In The Murder Of Richard Yates-- Shaker Education -- Reunion And Abandonment -- Quakers And Methodists -- Introduction To Mormonism -- Fight And Flight -- Refuge In Illinois -- Rising Through The Ranks -- Policing Nauvoo -- The Trek Across Iowa -- Winter Quarters -- The Pinnacle Of Violence -- Crossing The Plains -- Attorney And Legislator -- Mission To China -- Lawyer And Legislator -- Reformation And Winds Of War -- Resisting The Feds -- The Attorney Of The Mormon Church -- The Cotton Mission -- Last Hurrah -- Epilogue. Stephen L. Prince. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.