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Oxford University Press
August 2008
On Sale: August 19, 2008
448 pages
ISBN: 0195160347
EAN: 9780195160345
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Non-Fiction History
On September 11, 1857, a band of Mormon militia, under a
flag of truce, lured unarmed members of a party of
emigrants from their fortified encampment and, with their
Paiute allies, killed them. More than 120 men, women, and
children perished in the slaughter.
Massacre at Mountain Meadows offers the most thoroughly
researched account of the massacre ever written. Drawn from
documents previously not available to scholars and a
careful re-reading of traditional sources, this gripping
narrative offers fascinating new insight into why Mormons
settlers in isolated southern Utah deceived the emigrant
party with a promise of safety and then killed the adults
and all but seventeen of the youngest children. The book
sheds light on factors contributing to the tragic event,
including the war hysteria that overcame the Mormons after
President James Buchanan dispatched federal troops to Utah
Territory to put down a supposed rebellion, the suspicion
and conflicts that polarized the perpetrators and victims,
and the reminders of attacks on Mormons in earlier
settlements in Missouri and Illinois. It also analyzes the
influence of Brigham Young's rhetoric and military strategy
during the infamous "Utah War" and the role of local Mormon
militia leaders in enticing Paiute Indians to join in the
attack. Throughout the book, the authors paint finely drawn
portraits of the key players in the drama, their
backgrounds, personalities, and roles in the unfolding
story of misunderstanding, misinformation, indecision, and
personal vendettas.
The Mountain Meadows Massacre stands as one of the darkest
events in Mormon history. Neither a whitewash nor an
expose, Massacre at Mountain Meadows provides the clearest
and most accurate account of a key event in American
religious history.
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