| Description |
508 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Kingdom in the West ; v. 12 |
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Kingdom in the West ; v. 12.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 479-492) and index. |
| Contents |
"I am a poor wayfaring stranger" : the Arkansas families -- "Travelin' through this world below" : the Mormon reformation -- "Dark clouds are going to gather 'round me" : the murder of Parley Parker Pratt -- "My way'll be rough and steep" : the emigrants go south -- "I'm only going over Jordan" : first reports of the emigrant massacre -- "Only goin' over home" : not one left to tell the story -- "The Santa Clara Expedition" : the Army cracks the case -- "Survivors of Sebastopol" : the children -- "A dose of rope" : fire from within and more obstruction -- "The bar of justice" : the trials of John D. Lee -- "The old man never flinched" : Lee's execution -- "Not an accessory before or after the fact" -- "The sheerest nonsense" : damning the dead and inventing the Missouri wildcats -- "These painted blood-thirsty Indians" : participant accounts -- "You don't forget the horror": the survivors remember -- "The shadow of treachery and death" :the legacy of mountain meadows. |
| Subject |
Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857 -- Sources.
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Mormon pioneers.
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Mormon pioneers -- Utah -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Bigler, David L., 1927-2018.
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Bagley, Will, 1950-
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| ISBN |
9780870623622 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0870623621 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780870623646 (collector's ed. : alk. paper) |
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0870623648 (collector's ed. : alk. paper) |
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9780870622748 (series) |
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0870622749 (series) |
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