| The Mountain Meadows Massacre Contributor(s): Brooks, Juanita (Author) |
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ISBN: 1258437805 ISBN-13: 9781258437800 Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC OUR PRICE: $41.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | United States - 19th Century - True Crime | Murder - General |
| Dewey: 979.2 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.11 lbs) 250 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Utah - Religious Orientation - Mormonism/Lds |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the Fall of 1857, some 120 California-bound emigrants were killed in lonely Mountain Meadows in southern Utah; only eighteen young children were spared. The men on the ground after the bloody deed took an oath that they would never mention the event again, either in public or in private. The leaders of the Mormon church also counseled silence. The first report, soon after the massacre, described it as an Indian onslaught at which a few white men were present, only one of whom, John D. Lee, was actually named. With admirable scholarship, Mrs. Brooks has traced the background of conflict, analyzed the emotional climate at the time, pointed up the social and military organization in Utah, and revealed the forces which culminated in the great tragedy at Mountain Meadows. The result is a near-classic treatment which neither smears nor clears the participants as individuals. It portrays an atmosphere of war hysteria, whipped up by recitals of past persecutions and the vision of an approaching "army" coming to drive the Mormons from their homes. |