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Mountain Meadows Massacre - by Richard E Turley & Janiece L Johnson & Lajean Purcell Carruth (Hardcover)

Mountain Meadows Massacre - by  Richard E Turley & Janiece L Johnson & Lajean Purcell Carruth (Hardcover) - 1 of 1
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  • On September 11, 1857, a group of Mormons aided by Paiute Indians brutally murdered some 120 men, women, and children traveling through a remote region of southwestern Utah.
  • Author(s): Richard E Turley & Janiece L Johnson & Lajean Purcell Carruth
  • 1096 Pages
  • Religion + Beliefs, Christianity

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Historians have long debated the circumstances surrounding the massacre, one of the most disturbing and controversial events in American history, and painful questions linger to this day. Based on the highest curatorial standards, this invaluable collection allows readers the opportunity to form their own conclusions about the forces that lay behind this dark moment in western U.S. history.



Book Synopsis



On September 11, 1857, a group of Mormons aided by Paiute Indians brutally murdered some 120 men, women, and children traveling through a remote region of southwestern Utah. Within weeks, news of the atrocity spread across the United States. But it took until 1874--seventeen years later--before a grand jury finally issued indictments against nine of the perpetrators. Mountain Meadows Massacre chronicles the prolonged legal battle to gain justice for the victims.

The editors of this two-volume collection combed public and private manuscript collections across the United States to reconstruct the complex legal proceedings that occurred in the massacre's aftermath. The documents they unearthed, transcribed and presented here, cover a nearly forty-year history of investigation and prosecution--from the first reports of the massacre in 1857 to the dismissal of the last indictment against a perpetrator in 1896. Volume 1 tells the first half of the story: the records of the investigations into the massacre and transcriptions of all nine indictments, eight of which never resulted in a trial conviction. Volume 2 details the legal proceedings against the one man indicted to go to trial, John D. Lee. Lee's trials led to his confession and conviction, and ultimately to his execution on the massacre site in 1877, all documented in Volume 2.

Historians have long debated the circumstances surrounding the Mountain Meadows Massacre, one of the most disturbing and controversial events in American history, and painful questions linger to this day. This invaluable, exhaustively researched collection allows readers the opportunity to form their own conclusions about the forces behind this dark moment in western U.S. history.



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"Richard E. Turley, Janiece L. Johnson, and LaJean Purcell Carruth have done a great service in offering the Mountain Meadows Massacre papers to the general public. The editors present the documents with an even hand, and the introductions carefully analyze each source."--Thomas G. Alexander, author of Brigham Young, The Quorum of the Twelve, and the Latter-day Saint Investigation of the Mountain Meadows Massacre
Dimensions (Overall): 10.3 Inches (H) x 7.3 Inches (W) x 2.8 Inches (D)
Weight: 5.02 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Christianity
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Number of Pages: 1096
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Theme: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Format: Hardcover
Author: Richard E Turley & Janiece L Johnson & Lajean Purcell Carruth
Language: English
Street Date: May 11, 2017
TCIN: 89706348
UPC: 9780806157238
Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-6391
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 5.02 pounds
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