Blood of the Prophets

Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Mormonism, History, Americas, Native American, United States
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Author: Will Bagley ISBN: 9780806186849
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Publication: September 6, 2012
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press Language: English
Author: Will Bagley
ISBN: 9780806186849
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication: September 6, 2012
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Language: English

The massacre at Mountain Meadows on September 11, 1857, was the single most violent attack on a wagon train in the thirty-year history of the Oregon and California trails. Yet it has been all but forgotten. Will Bagley’s Blood of the Prophets is an award-winning, riveting account of the attack on the Baker-Fancher wagon train by Mormons in the local militia and a few Paiute Indians. Based on extensive investigation of the events surrounding the murder of over 120 men, women, and children, and drawing from a wealth of primary sources, Bagley explains how the murders occurred, reveals the involvement of territorial governor Brigham Young, and explores the subsequent suppression and distortion of events related to the massacre by the Mormon Church and others.

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The massacre at Mountain Meadows on September 11, 1857, was the single most violent attack on a wagon train in the thirty-year history of the Oregon and California trails. Yet it has been all but forgotten. Will Bagley’s Blood of the Prophets is an award-winning, riveting account of the attack on the Baker-Fancher wagon train by Mormons in the local militia and a few Paiute Indians. Based on extensive investigation of the events surrounding the murder of over 120 men, women, and children, and drawing from a wealth of primary sources, Bagley explains how the murders occurred, reveals the involvement of territorial governor Brigham Young, and explores the subsequent suppression and distortion of events related to the massacre by the Mormon Church and others.

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