The Mormon Prophet and His Harem

The Mormon Prophet and His Harem; or, an Authentic History of Brigham Young, His Numerous Wives and Children. is a biography of Brigham Young by C. V. Waite first published in 1866. Catherine Van Valkenburg Waite was the wife of Charles Burlingame Waite, an associate justice for the Supreme Court of Utah Territory. Mark Twain's Roughing It references Waite's "The Mormon Prophet" in relation to the the book's account of the Mountain Meadows massac... more

The Mormon Prophet and His Harem; or, an Authentic History of Brigham Young, His Numerous Wives and Children. is a biography of Brigham Young by C. V. Waite first published in 1866. Catherine Van Valkenburg Waite was the wife of Charles Burlingame Waite, an associate justice for the Supreme Court of Utah Territory. Mark Twain's Roughing It references Waite's "The Mormon Prophet" in relation to the the book's account of the Mountain Meadows massacre. less