Copyright
Contents
Illustrations
Preface to the Revised Edition
Preface
Introduction “I Feel I Am Not My Own”: A Preview of One Man’s Discipleship
1 Disciple from Penwortham
2 Emigration Homeward
3 “Once More at Home”
4 William Clayton’s Secular Nauvoo
5 The Sacred, the Secret, and the Solemn
6 Tragedy’s Aftermath
7 One Man’s Families
8 The Great Move West, 1846–47
9 Remembering Joseph but Following Brigham: An Overview of the Utah Years
10 Happy Days and Lonely Hours: Clayton's Mission to England
11 Apocalyptic Discipleship: William Clayton and Mormon Millennial Expectations of the 1860s
12 The Esoteric Tendency
13 How Not to Get Rich in Pioneer Utah: The Economic Life of a Disciple
Epilogue “The Shaking between the Field and the Barn”: The Clayton Allegory
Appendix 1 Comparison of William Clayton’s Diary and History of the Church (December 1842–June 1844)
Appendix 2 William Clayton’s “History of the Nauvoo Temple,” circa 1845
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