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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 979.202 EAN: 9780195160345 ISBN: 0195160347 Label: Oxford University Press, USA Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: August 19, 2008 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Studio: Oxford University Press, USA Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - THE DEFINITIVE BOOK ON MOUNTAIN MEADOWSThe scholarship and objectivity is first-rate. The source material is so much greater than what was previously available to other authors. This is the definitive book on Mountain Meadows without a question. Rating: - Brings out the true horror of the massacreI grew up as a Mormon in Utah and the Mountain Meadows Massacre was always portrayed as a dark spot in Utah and Mormon history. I remember trying to figure out how something like this could happen. I recall various people trying to justify the participants' actions and others trying to make it sound like a big conspiracy with Brigham Young behind the whole thing. I never felt good about either extreme and have wanted to read a balanced view of the whole thing. I had Juanita Brooks book on my ... Read More Rating:  - High Hopes Met with DisappointmentWith all the hype that this book received before publication, I had high hopes for it but found myself disappointed. While new material was uncovered, particularly the Andrew Jensen interviews with many of the murderers, they add little or nothing to what we already knew. Equally disappointing was the authors nuanced treatment of Brigham Young's responsibility. While emphasizing that the Prophet didn't order the massacre, a reasonable conclusion, they only addressed his acknowledged complicity ... Read More Rating: - It's done. Anything else on the subject can be, at most, an appendix to this book.It's easy to read and it's hard to read. But most of all, it's worth the read. By nature, I'm not very interested in history. I'm a Mormon, a technologist, and the great-great-great grandson of John D. Lee. I was also privileged to contribute in some tiny measure to the production of this book. I just finished reading the final result this morning, and I must say that I am in awe at the paragon of dedication, effort and frank truthfulness that the book epitomizes. You want ... Read More Rating: - An engaging and compelling history of a terrible crime and tragedyIf you want to understand what happened on those awful days at Mountain Meadows in September 1857, I recommend this book above all others. Juanita Brooks' books are still very good and she should always be admired for the work she did in telling this story and this event and providing a biography of John D. Lee. But this book presents information she did not have access to and provides many helpful illustrations, maps, photos, and notes that help us as readers. The authors do not debate other versions ... Read More 
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