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Slen, Peter - Host
PROFIT IS THE NAME OF THE BOOK. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR JOHN TURNER IS THE AUTHOR. WE ARE HERE ON LOCATION AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY. PROFESSOR...
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
SIMPLY, HE WAS THE SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, THE SUCCESSOR TO JOSEPH SMITH. HE'S ALSO THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HE BECOME MORE WELL KNOWN TODAY THAN JOSEPH SMITH DID? >> Guest: WELL, HE LIVED A
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
LOT LONGER. HE LED THE CHURCH FOR 30 YEARS. JOSEPH SMITH LED THE CHURCH FOR ABOUT 14 YEARS UNTIL HE WAS MURDERED. AND THEN BRIGHAM YOUNG TAKES OVER....
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Slen, Peter - Host
DID BRIGHAM YOUNG COME FROM? WHERE DID HE BEGIN HIS LIFE? >>
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
Guest: SURE. HE GREW UP IN, BASICALLY, UPSTATE NEW YORK, WESTERN NEW YORK. HE CAME FROM A VERY POOR FAMILY. HE DIDN'T GET, DIDN'T HAVE ANY FORMAL EDUCATION....
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Slen, Peter - Host
HAPPEN? HOW DID HE MEET JOSEPH SMITH? >> Guest: HE FIRST MET THE
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
BOOK OF MORMON SHORTLY AFTER IT WAS PUBLISHED IN 1830. HE LATER SAID THAT HE READ IT, AND HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT IT. HE DIDN'T JUMP...
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Slen, Peter - Host
TERM "MORMON" COME FROM? >>
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
Guest: SURE. IT COMES FROM THE BOOK OF MORMON WHICH JOSEPH SMITH CLAIMED WAS AN ANCIENT RECORD OF A VARIETY OF PEOPLES WHO HAD COME TO THE NEW WORLD...
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Slen, Peter - Host
WHY DID JOSEPH SMITH AND HIS FOLLOWERS LEAVE UPSTATE NEW YORK, LEAVE NEW YORK AND TRAVEL? WHERE DID THEY GO NEXT? >>
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
Guest: SURE. WELL, THE FIRST 15 YEARS OF SO OF THE CHURCH'S EXISTENCE IS A STORY OF THE MORMONS MORE OR LESS GETTING KICKED OUT OF ONE PLACE AFTER ANOTHER....
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
IN ILLINOIS. >> Host: SO BRIGHAM YOUNG
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Slen, Peter - Host
TAKES OVER, ESSENTIALLY, IN ILLINOIS? >> Guest: HE TAKES OVER IN ILLINOIS. >> Host: AND HOW DOES HE GET
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Slen, Peter - Host
TO UTAH? >> Guest: WELL, HE GETS TO
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
UTAH BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN THE MORMONS ARE FORCED OUT. THE DEATH OF JOSEPH SMITH DOESN'T SATISFY THE POLITICAL OPPONENTS OF THE CHURCH IN ILLINOIS. ...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HAD THE MORMON POPULATION BECOME INTEGRATED AT ALL INTO THE ILLINOIS
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
LIFE? >> Guest: NOT REALLY. THE CHURCH HAD GATHERED THERE FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS AND WERE PREDOMINANT IN THIS ONE PART OF WESTERN ILLINOIS. BUT IT HAD...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HAPPENS WHEN THEY COME OVER THE WASATCH? IS IT THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS? >>
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
Guest: YEAH. WELL, BRIGHAM YOUNG, ACTUALLY, WAS INCREDIBLY SICK AT THE TIME. SO HE DIDN'T END UP BEING AMONG THE FIRST GROUP THAT MADE IT DOWN TO THE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
WHERE SALT LAKE IS NOW EXIST AT ALL WHEN THEY CAME OVER THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS? >> Guest: NOT AT
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
ALL. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF WHITE MOUNTAINEERS, BASICALLY, IN THAT REGION, AND OTHER THAN THAT THERE WERE A VARIETY OF NATIVE TRIBES. EXACTLY WHERE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
BRIGHAM YOUNG DIE? >> Guest: HE DIED IN 1877. >> Host: THOSE
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Slen, Peter - Host
30 YEARS. WALK US THROUGH THOSE 30 YEARS. >> Guest:
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
SURE. WELL, FIRST, THERE'S A QUESTION OF DO WE GOVERN OURSELVES, OR DO WE ATTEMPT TO BECOME A TERRITORY OR STATE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES? I THINK AFTER...
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Slen, Peter - Host
Host: HOW LONG DID BRIGHAM YOUNG SERVE AS GOVERNOR? >> Guest: SIX YEARS. >> Host: WAS HE HEAD OF
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Slen, Peter - Host
THE MORMON CHURCH AT THE SAME TIME? >> Guest: ABSOLUTELY. >> Host: AND WAS THERE
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Slen, Peter - Host
POLITICAL INFIGHTING WITHIN THE MORMON CHURCH? DID HE HAVE
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
RIVALS? >> Guest: NOT REALLY. HE SAW TO IT THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT RIVALS WITHIN THE CHURCH, ESPECIALLY AFTER THEY GET TO UTAH. THERE ARE...
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HAVE DESCENDANTS ALIVE TODAY? >> Guest:
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HE HAS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DESCENDANTS. IF THEY WOULD ALL BUY THE BOOK, I WOULD BE VERY WEALTHY. [LAUGHTER] >>
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Slen, Peter - Host
Host: WERE YOU ABLE TO TALK WITH ANY OF HIS DESCENDANTS IN RESEARCHING? >>
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
Guest: I DIDN'T WANT SET OUT TO TALK WITH ANY OF HIS DESCENDANTS, BUT THERE ARE QUITE A LOT OF HIS DESCENDANTS LIVING IN UTAH, SO I HAPPENED TO MEET SOME...
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Slen, Peter - Host
THE CHURCH COOPERATE IN OPENING UP THEIR ARCHIVES TO
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
YOU? >> Guest: THE CHURCH COOPERATED A GREAT DEAL. I THINK I CAME ALONG AT A GOOD TIME. PRACTICE. BUT THE -- PERHAPS. BUT THE CHURCH GAVE ME ACCESS...
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WHY YOU? ARE YOU MORMONSOME. >> Guest: I'M NOT MORMON. >> Host: THEN WHY ARE YOU WRITING IN THIS BOOK, NOT THEN WHY ARE YOU WRITING, BUT WHY DID YOU WRITE...
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
BOOK? >> Guest: SURE. I WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MORMONISM. I'M BASICALLY A STUDENT OF THE HISTORY OF RELIGION IN THE UNITED STATES. IF THAT'S WHAT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
OF COURSE, THE MOST FAMOUS MORMON IN AMERICA TODAY IS MITT ROMNEY. >> Guest: YEAH. >> Host: DOES THE ROMNEY
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Slen, Peter - Host
FAMILY HAVE INTERACTION WITH THE BRIGHAM YOUNG CLAN? >> Guest: OH, I'M SURE
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
THERE ARE MANY ROMNEY DESCENDANTS AND BRIGHAM YOUNG DESCENDANTS THAT KNOW EACH OTHER. YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH IS STILL -- EVEN THOUGH IT'S MUCH BIGGER...
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Slen, Peter - Host
DID THE ROMNEY FAMILY, THE CLAN END UP IN MEXICO AT ONE POINT? >> Guest: WELL,
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
THEY END UP IN MEXICO BECAUSE I BELIEVE MITT ROMNEY'S GREAT GRANDFATHER PRACTICED PLURAL MARRIAGE. HE WAS A POLYGAMIST. AND IN THE LATEST PART OF THE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
WAITED UNTIL BRIGHAM YOUNG HAD DIED BEFORE THEY OUTLAWED POLYGAMISTS? >> Guest: IT WAS
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
OUTLAWED, IT WAS -- POLYGAMY, ESSENTIALLY, WAS MADE A FEDERAL CRIME IN 1862. BUT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO PROSECUTE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
AFTER RESEARCHING THIS BOOK, PROFESSOR TURNER -- >> Guest: UH-HUH. >> Host: -- GIVE
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Slen, Peter - Host
US TWO OR THREE IMPRESSIONS OF BRIGHAM YOUNG THAT YOU HAVE. >> Guest: DARK SENSE
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| 00:14:06 |
Turner, John - Assistant Professor
OF HUMOR. INTENSE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT AND INDUSTRY. AND A VERY HEARTFELT DEVOTION TO JOSEPH SMITH. IT WAS VERY SINCERE AND AUTHENTIC PART OF HIS...
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Slen, Peter - Host
Host: JOHN TURNER, PROFESSOR HERE AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRIGHAM YOUNG, "PIONEER PROPHET." THANKS FOR BEING WITH US ON BookTV....
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Turner, John - Assistant Professor
Guest: MY PLEASURE. THANKS. >> VISIT
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