![]() ![]() Having survived attempts on both my life and character, however, I stand unconcerned by their assaults. Now, with the publication of this autobiography, my enemies will no doubt suspect my motives. Young - how could you believe such a claim?įaith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain. When I tell them my father has five wives, and I was raised to believe plural marriage is the will of God, these sincere people often ask, But Mrs. Everyone I meet, whether farmer, miner, railman, professor, cleric, or the long-faced Senator, and most especially the wives of these - everyone wants to know why I would submit to a marital practice so filled with subjugation and sorrow. In the one year since I renounced my Mormon faith, and set out to tell the nation the truth about American polygamy, many people have wondered why I ever agreed to become a plural wife. ![]() ![]() The 19th Wife Preface to the First Edition ![]()
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