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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Frontier and pioneer life Utah Haun's Mill Massacre, Mo., 1838 Mormons and Mormonism History Mormons Utah History 19th century Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857 Smith, Joseph 1805-1844 Utah History 19th century Young, Brigham 1801-1877Filter By Subjects
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Frontier and pioneer life Utah Haun's Mill Massacre, Mo., 1838 Mormons and Mormonism History Mormons Utah History 19th century Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857 Smith, Joseph 1805-1844 Utah History 19th century Young, Brigham 1801-1877Summary: Utilizing historical documents and interviews with scholars and churchmembers, this multi-part PBS documentary chronicles the formation and development of the Mormon Church.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MORWalker, Ronald W. (Ronald Warren)
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.202 TURDenton, Sally.
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2003