Blood of the Prophets
by Bagley, WillFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-09-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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Summary
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 Prophetsis the most extensive investigation of the events surrounding the murder of some 120 men, women, and children since Juanita Brooks published her groundbreaking study, The Mountain Meadows Massacre, in 1950. 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. Blood of the Prophetsis the winner of numerous awards, including: Spur Award, Western Writers of America Caughey Book Prize, Western History Association Caroline Bancroft History Prize, Denver Public Library Co-Founders Best Book Award, Westerners International
Author Biography
Will Baley is a columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | p. XI |
| List of Maps | p. XII |
| Preface | p. XIII |
| Acknowledgments | p. XXI |
| Prologue: The Mountain Meadow | p. 3 |
| Their Innocent Blood Will Cry unto the Lord of Hosts | p. 6 |
| The Battle-Ax of the Lord | p. 23 |
| Political Hacks, Robbers, and Whoremongers | p. 38 |
| The Arkansas Travelers | p. 55 |
| I Will Fight Them and I Will Fight All Hell | p. 73 |
| We Are American Citizens and Shall Not Move | p. 95 |
| The Knife and Tomahawk | p. 123 |
| The Work of Death | p. 140 |
| The Scene of Blood and Carnage | p. 156 |
| Plunder | p. 171 |
| All Hell Is in Commotion | p. 188 |
| They Have Slain My Children | p. 208 |
| Vengeance Is Mine | p. 225 |
| A Hideous Lethargic Dream | p. 248 |
| Lonely Dell | p. 268 |
| As False as the Hinges of Hell: The Trials of John D. Lee | p. 287 |
| He Died Game: The Execution of John D. Lee | p. 307 |
| The Mountain Meadow Dogs | p. 323 |
| Nothing but the Truth Is Good Enough | p. 348 |
| Epilogue: The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows | p. 365 |
| Victims of the Massacre | p. 385 |
| Notes | p. 391 |
| Bibliography | p. 447 |
| Index | p. 475 |
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