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Mormon Polygamy Resources

Here is a list of recommended resources when doing research on Mormon Polygamy, especially Joseph Smith’s alleged polygamy. No links on this site are affiliate links.

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Resource List

Articles/Papers/Presentations/Talks/Blogs/PodcastsAuthorYear
In Defense of Joseph 💻2008
Why I’m Abandoning Polygamy 📜Rock Waterman2010
Why Mormon History Is Not What They Say 📜Rock Waterman2010
Joseph Smith’s Monogamy 📜Leo Ebbert2015
Plural Marriage Fireside 📜 | Video 🎥Denver Snuffer Jr.2015
A Proposed Reinterpretation of Jacob 2:30 📜Steve Reed2017
The Restoration’s Shattered Promises and Great Hope 📜 | Audio 🎧Denver Snuffer Jr.2018
Of Demigods and Dark Knights 📜 | Audio 🎧 | Video 🎥Jeremy Hoop2019
First LDS Polygamist: Joseph or Brigham? 🎥Rob Fotheringham2020
Joseph Smith and Polygamy: Persistence of a Myth 📜Rock Waterman2020
Hemlock Knots 💻Mark Curtis2020
The Missing Piece 🎥Ryan Fisher2021
We’ve Lost the Argument 📜 + 🎧Denver Snuffer Jr.2021
132 Problems: Revisiting Mormon Polygamy 🎙️Michelle Stone2022
An Enemy Hath Done This: The Seed and Weeds of Polygamy 📜Gwendolyn Wyne2022
Removing the Stain of Polygamy from the Restoration 📜 | Video 🎥Whitney Horning2022
Jacob 2:30 – “Raising Up Seed” and The Polygamy Question 📜Matt2022
Joseph Smith vs Polygamy: The Raging Storm in Nauvoo 📜 | Video 🎥Whitney Horning2022
A Servant’s Heart 🎥Whitney Horning2022
The Pure in Heart, and the Wise, and the Noble, and the Virtuous 📜 | Video 🎥Denver Snuffer Jr.2022
Framing Joseph 🎥Rob Fotheringham2023
A 3rd View of Mormonism 🎥John Hajicek2023
Precision & Polygamy: Examining Accusations Against JOSEPH SMITH 🎥Jeremy Hoop2023
Polygamy Killed Honesty 🎥Rob Fotheringham2023
I Believe Joseph 🎥I Believe Joseph2023
Evaluation of 1842 Whitney “Revelation” 🎥Rob Fotheringham2023
Polygamy: An Enemy Has Done This 🎥Gwendolyn Wyne2023
Martha Brotherton Affidavit and the “Happiness Letter” 🎥Rob Fotheringham2023
How not to Fake a Revelation 🎥Rob Fotheringham2023
Joseph Smith was not the Author of D&C 132 🎥Rob Fotheringham2023
A Deep Dive into Jacob 2:30 📜LJ2024
Polygamy Seminar “Reaction Video” Part 1 🎥WKJS Podcast2024
Is polygamy of God? Look! 🎥Gwendolyn Wyne2024
Polygamy Seminar “Reaction Video” Part 2 🎥WKJS Podcast2024
Historical Monogamy Doctrine 💻A Faithful Sister2024
Intro & Welcome to Still Mormon 🎥Jeremy Hoop2024
Our Best Story 🎥Gwendolyn Wyne2024
#132fails ✖️Dale Dangman2024
Woe Unto You, Scribes: The Hidden History of Polygamy 🎥Karen Hyatt2024
What does the Light of Christ say about the polygamy debate? 🎥Unauthorized Polygamemes2024
I Rejoice in Truth 💻Erica Gardner2025
Section 132 and the Framework of Revelation 🎥Gwendolyn Wyne2025
A DRAFT of D&C 132 hiding in PLAIN SIGHT! 🎥Jeremy Hoop2025
Why D&C 132 feels strange 🎥Rob Fotheringham2025
Polygamy Michelle Brady Stone & Brian Hales w/ Cheryl Bruno 🎥Steven Pynakker2025

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Recommended Books

Book TitleAuthorYear
Joseph Smith Revealed: A Faithful Telling: Exploring an Alternate Polygamy Narrative 📖by Whitney N. Horning and Vernon Roy Horning2022
Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy Vol. 1 📖 | Free Online 📱by Richard and Pamela Price2000
Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy Vol. 2 📖 | Free Online 📱by Richard and Pamela Price2014
Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy Vol. 3 📖 | Free Online 📱by Richard and Pamela Price2018
Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy Vol. 4 📖 | Free Online 📱 | Coming Soonby Richard and Pamela Price202?
The Exoneration of Emma, Joseph & Hyrum: Part One 📱by Ronald Karren2017
The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men 📖by Carol Lynn Pearson2016
The Secret Chamber: Spiritual Wifery and the Doctrine of Christ 📱by Val Brinkerhoffarroll2019

Other Polygamy Essential Reading

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Essential Books

Book TitleAuthorYear
Tell it All A Woman’s Life in Polygamy 📖by Mrs T.B.H. Stenhouse1872
Wife No. 19 📖by Anne Eliza Young1875
Anti-Polygamy Standard 📰by the Standard Publishing Company1880-1883
The Women of Mormonism: Or the Story of Polygamy as Told by the Victims Themselves 📖by Jennie Anderson Froiseth1882
No Man Knows My History 📖by Fawn M. Brodie1945
The Twenty-Seventh Wife 📱by Irving Wallace1961
Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith 📖by Linda King Newell, Valeen Tippetts Avery1984
Mormon Polygamy: A History 📖by Richard S. Van Wagoner1986
In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith 📖by Todd M. Compton1997
In Sacred Loneliness: The Documents 📖by Todd M. Compton2022
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling 📖by Richard Lyman Bushman2007
Joseph Smith’s Polygamy, Vol 1 📖by Brian C. Hales2013
Joseph Smith’s Polygamy, Vol 2 📖by Brian C. Hales2013
Joseph Smith’s Polygamy, Vol 3 📖by Brian C. Hales2013
Joseph Smith’s Polygamy, Vol 4 📖by Brian C. Hales, Laura H. Hales2015