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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 2003. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. Near fine. (24)306pp. Notes. Biblio. Index. Map. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall 2003. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0375412085 9780375412080 [US]

In September 1857, a wagon train passing through Utah laden with gold was attacked. Approximately 140 people were slaughtered; only 17 children under the age of eight were spared. This incident in an open field called Mountain Meadows has ever since been the focus of passionate debate: Is it possible that official Mormon dignitaries were responsible for the massacre? In her riveting book, Sally Denton makes a fiercely convincing argument that they were.The author–herself of Mormon descent–first traces the extraordinary emergence of the Mormons and the little-known nineteenth-century intrigues and tensions between their leaders and the U.S. government, fueled by the Mormons' zealotry and exclusionary practices. We see how by 1857 they were unique as a religious group in ruling an entire American territory, Utah, and commanding their own exclusive government and army.Denton makes clear that in the immediate aftermath of the massacre, the church began placing the blame on a discredited Mormon, John D. Lee, and on various Native Americans. She cites contemporaneous records and newly discovered documents to support her argument that, in fact, the Mormon leader, Brigham Young, bore significant responsibility–that Young, impelled by the church's financial crises, facing increasingly intense scrutiny and condemnation by the federal government, incited the crime by both word and deed.Finally, Denton explains how the rapidly expanding and enormously rich Mormon church of today ...

Knopf. Nearly As New Clean Square And Tight, No Names Or Marks, Unclipped Dj Is Bright And With Very Minimal Edge Bumps . Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. not stated. Date: 2003. 2003. Knopf ISBN 0375412085 9780375412080 [US]

New York: Knopf, Date: 2003 Clean, tight, other thann some light wear to the unclipped jacket book is as-new. 2003. Knopf ISBN 0375412085 9780375412080 [US]

ISBN10: 0375412085, ISBN13: 9780375412080, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York] Hardcover 306pp.incl.index; HB quarter-bound; lt.gray&beige w/maroon; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ tan w/blk.&brwn.; slight rub. "The Tragedy At Mountain Meadows, September 1857"
[truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]

Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. As new/as new. Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First Edition. 306pp., index, bibliography, black and white illustrations. 8vo. As new unread hardcover, as new d/j. 2003. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0375412085 9780375412080 [US]

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 2003. FIRST PRINTING of the STATED FIRST EDITION . Book condition is Fine. Dust Jacket is Near Fine. Not Price Clipped. 6.5 x 9.5 Inches in size. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the Title page with no other inscriptions. FIRST EDITION HARDBACK Dust Jacket will be covered with an Acid Free Clear Archival cover. 2003. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0375412085 9780375412080 [US]

Knopf, Date: 2003-06-17. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2003. Knopf ISBN 0375412085 9780375412080 [US]