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- catalog abstract "This is the first biography of one of this nation's most outrageous individuals, a man who was president of the medical departments of two universities and chancellor of two others, a member and officer of at least twenty different agricultural, medical, or social organizations, an itinerant minister in three different denominations, and a lobbyist who successfully ushered bills through legislatures in Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, and Illinois. Bennett's roles ranged from mayor of Nauvoo, confidant of Joseph Smith, and chicken breeder to surgeon, quartermaster general of Illinois, promoter of the tomato, and diploma salesman. His story is brilliantly told by an author who spent nine years uncovering and piecing together the facts. The Saintly Scoundrel reveals Bennett as one of the nineteenth century's most enterprising and entertaining humbugs, truly a man who excelled at promoting beliefs, places, things, and himself, whose ability to abruptly shift positions on people and faiths would dazzle even the most formidable propagandist of the twentieth century.".
- catalog contributor b9715987.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Bennett's roles ranged from mayor of Nauvoo, confidant of Joseph Smith, and chicken breeder to surgeon, quartermaster general of Illinois, promoter of the tomato, and diploma salesman. His story is brilliantly told by an author who spent nine years uncovering and piecing together the facts. The Saintly Scoundrel reveals Bennett as one of the nineteenth century's most enterprising and entertaining humbugs, truly a man who excelled at promoting beliefs, places, things, and himself, whose ability to abruptly shift positions on people and faiths would dazzle even the most formidable propagandist of the twentieth century.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-261) and index.".
- catalog description "This is the first biography of one of this nation's most outrageous individuals, a man who was president of the medical departments of two universities and chancellor of two others, a member and officer of at least twenty different agricultural, medical, or social organizations, an itinerant minister in three different denominations, and a lobbyist who successfully ushered bills through legislatures in Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, and Illinois.".
- catalog description "Westward immigrants -- The diploma peddler -- The getter up of colleges -- The tomato campaign -- Vagabond interludes -- Nauvoo : the saintly city -- Smith's exposé of Bennett -- Bennett's exposé of Smith -- The lecture circuit -- Ho for Voree : Bennett's Mormon encore -- Fowl ending -- In retrospect.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 271 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0252022823 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "289.3/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "BX8695.B375 S55 1996".
- catalog subject "Bennett, John Cook, 1804-1867.".
- catalog subject "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Membership.".
- catalog subject "Ex-church members Mormon Church Biography.".
- catalog subject "Ex-church members United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Horticulturists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Mormon Church United States Membership.".
- catalog subject "Mormons United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Surgeons United States Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Westward immigrants -- The diploma peddler -- The getter up of colleges -- The tomato campaign -- Vagabond interludes -- Nauvoo : the saintly city -- Smith's exposé of Bennett -- Bennett's exposé of Smith -- The lecture circuit -- Ho for Voree : Bennett's Mormon encore -- Fowl ending -- In retrospect.".
- catalog title "The saintly scoundrel : the life and times of Dr. John Cook Bennett / Andrew F. Smith.".
- catalog type "text".