Massacre at Mountain Meadows: an American tragedy

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 Mormon settlers in isola...

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Autores principales: Walker, Ronald W. (Autor) ; Turley, Richard E. (Autor) ; Leonard, Glen M. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: New York, NY [u.a.] Oxford University Press 2008
En:Año: 2008
Críticas:Massacre at Mountain Meadows. An American tragedy. By Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. TurleyJr. and Glen M. Leonard. Pp. xvi+429 incl. 40 ills. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. £15.99. 978 0 19 516034 5 (2009) (Bushman, Richard)
Review: Massacre at Mountain Meadows, by Ronald W. Walker, Richard F. Turley Jr., and Glen M. Leonard (2010) (Robbins, Thomas, 1943 - 2015)
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Mountain Meadows / Batalla / Historia 1830-1877
Otras palabras clave:B Mormon Church History 19th century
B Utah Social conditions 19th century
B Pioneers Arkansas History 19th century
B Migration, Internal United States History 19th century
B Pioneers Utah History 19th century
B Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857
B Immigrants Arkansas History 19th century
B Immigrants Utah History 19th century
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Sumario: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 Mormon settlers in isolated southern Utah deceived an emigrant party with a promise of safety and then killed the adults and all but seventeen of the youngest children
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 an emigrant party with a promise of safety and then killed the adults and all but seventeen of the youngest children
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Maps printed on endpapers
ISBN:0195160347