Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy
by Walker, Ronald W., Richard E. Turley Jr., & Glen M. Leonard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0195160347
- ISBN 13
- 9780195160345
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED. 30pp. Octavo [42 cm] Black and purple boards with a silver stamped title on the backstrip. In the illustrated dust jacket with a few subtle scratches to the rear panel. Signed by all three authors on the title page.
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... this gripping narrative offers fascinating new insight into why Mormon 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... Throughout the book, the authors paint finely drawn portraits of the key players in the drama... 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.
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... this gripping narrative offers fascinating new insight into why Mormon 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... Throughout the book, the authors paint finely drawn portraits of the key players in the drama... 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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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66233
- Title
- Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy
- Author
- Walker, Ronald W., Richard E. Turley Jr., & Glen M. Leonard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0195160347
- ISBN 13
- 9780195160345
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Mountain Meadows; John D. Lee, Utah, Mormon, LDS, western americana, massacre,
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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