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American massacre : the tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857 / Sally Denton.
- Title
- American massacre : the tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857 / Sally Denton.
- Author
- Denton, Sally.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F826 .D44 2003 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxiii, 306 p. : map; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "In September 1857, a wagon train passing through Utah laden with gold was attacked. Approximately 140 people were slaughtered, only 17 children under the age of eight were vjkspared. This incident in an open field called Mountain Meadows has ever since been the focus of passionate debate. Is it possible that official Morman dignitaries were responsible for the massacre? In her book, Sally Denton makes a convincing argument that they were." "Denton makes clear that in the immediate aftermath of the massacre, the church began placing the blame on a discredited Mormon, John D. Lee, and on various Native Americans. She cites contemporaneous records and newly discovered documents to support her argument that, in fact, the Mormon leader, Brigham Young, bore significant responsibility - that Young, impelled by the church's financial crises, facing increasingly intense scrutiny and condemnation by the federal government, incited the crime by both word and deed." "Finally, Denton explains how the rapidly expanding and enormously rich Mormon church of today still struggles to absolve itself of responsibility for what may well be an act of religious fanaticism unparalleled in the annals of American history."--BOOK JACKET.
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- ISBN
- 0375412085
- LCCN
- 2002043085
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries