Download or read book Junius And Joseph written by Robert Wicks and published by . This book was released on 2005-05-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with this provocative thesis, Wicks and Foister engage in a thorough reexamination of Joseph Smith's 1844 presidential candidacy, its political context and implications, and its probable connection to his murder. While their work asserts controversial conclusions about what and who were behind that murder, its import extends further since it provides unprecedented, detailed portraits of political Mormonism, politics in 1844 Illinois and the Midwest, the web of connections and personalities that linked the two, and the events of June 27.