BOOK I. THE MORMON ORIGIN
- CHAPTER I. Facility of Human Belief
- CHAPTER II. The Smith Familiy
- CHAPTER III. How Joseph Smith Became a Money-Digger
- CHAPTER IV. First Announcement of the Golden Bible
- CHAPTER V. The Different Accounts of the Revelation of the Bible
- CHAPTER VI. Translation and Publication of the Bible
- CHAPTER VII. The Spaulding Manuscript
- CHAPTER VIII. Sidney Rigdon
- CHAPTER IX. "The Everlasting Gospel"
- CHAPTER X. The Witnesses to the Plates
- CHAPTER XI. The Mormon Bible
- CHAPTER XII. Organization of the Church
- CHAPTER XIII. The Mormons' Beliefs and Doctrines - Church Government
BOOK II. IN OHIO
- CHAPTER I. The First Converts at Kirtland
- CHAPTER II. Wild Vagaries of the Converts
- CHAPTER III. Growth of the Church
- CHAPTER IV. Gifts of Tongues and Miracles
- CHAPTER V. Smith's Ohio Business Enterprises
- CHAPTER VI. Last Days at Kirtland
BOOK III. IN MISSOURI
- CHAPTER I. The Directions to the Saints About Their Zion
- CHAPTER II. Smith's First Visits to Missouri - Founding the City and the Temple
- CHAPTER III. The Expulsion from Jackson County - the Army of Zion
- CHAPTER IV. Fruitless Negotiations with the Jackson County People
- CHAPTER V. In Clay, Caldwell, And Daviess Counties
- CHAPTER VI. Radical Dissensions In The Church - Origin Of The Danites - Tithing
- CHAPTER VII. Beginning Of Active Hostilities
- CHAPTER VIII. A State Of Civil War
- CHAPTER IX. The Final Expulsion From The State
BOOK IV. IN ILLINOIS
- CHAPTER I. The Reception Of The Mormons
- CHAPTER II. The Settlement Of Nauvoo
- CHAPTER III. The Building Up Of The City - Foreign Proselyting
- CHAPTER IV. The Nauvoo City Government - Temple And Other Buildings
- CHAPTER V. The Mormons In Politics - Missouri Requisitions For Smith
- CHAPTER VI. Smith A Candidate For President Of The United States
- CHAPTER VII. Social Conditions In Nauvoo
- CHAPTER VIII. Smith's Picture Of Himself As Autocrat
- CHAPTER IX. Smith's Falling Out With Bennett And Higbee
- CHAPTER X. The Institution Of Polygamy
- CHAPTER XI. Public Announcement Of The Doctrine Of Polygamy
- CHAPTER XII. The Suppression Of The Expositor
- CHAPTER XIII. Uprising Of The Non-Mormons - Smith's Arrest
- CHAPTER XIV. The Murder Of The Prophet - His Character
- CHAPTER XV. After Smith's Death - Rigdon's Last Days
- CHAPTER XVI. Rivalries Over The Succession
- CHAPTER XVII. Brigham Young
- CHAPTER XVIII. Renewed Trouble For The Mormons - "The Burnings"
- CHAPTER XIX. The Expulsion Of The Mormons
- CHAPTER XX. The Evacuation Of Nauvoo - "The Last Mormon War"
- CHAPTER XXI. Nauvoo After The Exodus
BOOK V. THE MIGRATION TO UTAH
- CHAPTER I. Preparations For The Long March
- CHAPTER II. From The Mississippi To The Missouri
- CHAPTER III. The Mormon Battalion
- CHAPTER IV. The Camps On The Missouri
- CHAPTER V. The Pioneer Trip Across The Plains
- CHAPTER VI. From The Rockies To Salt Lake Valley
- CHAPTER VII. The Following Companies - Last Days On The Missouri
BOOK VI. IN UTAH
- CHAPTER I. The Founding Of Salt Lake City
- CHAPTER II. Progress Of The Settlement
- CHAPTER III. The Foreign Immigration To Utah
- CHAPTER IV. The Hand-Cart Tragedy
- CHAPTER V. Early Political History
- CHAPTER VI. Brigham Young's Despotism
- CHAPTER VII. The "Reformation"
- CHAPTER VIII. Some Church-Inspired Murders
- CHAPTER IX. Blood Atonement
- CHAPTER X. The Territorial Government - Judge Brocchus's Experience
- CHAPTER XI. Mormon Treatment of Federal Officers
- CHAPTER XII. The Mormon "War"
- CHAPTER XIII. The Mormon Purpose
- CHAPTER XIV. Colonel Kane's Mission
- CHAPTER XV. The Peace Commission
- CHAPTER XVI. The Mountain Meadows Massacre
- CHAPTER XVII. After the "War"
- CHAPTER XVIII. Attitude of the Mormons During the Southern Rebellion
- CHAPTER XIX. Eastern Visitors To Salt Lake City - Unpunished Murderers
- CHAPTER XX. Gentile Irruption And Mormon Schism
- CHAPTER XXI. The Last Years of Brigham Young
- CHAPTER XXII. Brigham Young's Death - His Character
- CHAPTER XXIII. Social Aspects of Polygamy
- CHAPTER XXIV. The Fight Against Polygamy - Statehood
- CHAPTER XXV. The Mormonism of To-Day