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Autore |
Walker Ronald W (Ronald Warren), <1939-2016.> |
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Titolo |
Massacre at Mountain Meadows : an American tragedy / / Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley, Jr., Glen M. Leonard |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-774005-7 |
1-281-51504-3 |
9786611515041 |
0-19-972199-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (447 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LeonardGlen M |
TurleyRichard E., Jr., <1956-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857 |
Massacres - Utah |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-408) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Prologue: A Picture of Human Suffering: Mountain Meadows, May 1859; ONE: Exiles from Freedom: New York to the Iowa Plains, 1830–1846; TWO: Peals of Thunder: Utah, 1847–1857; THREE: No More Submit to Oppression: Silver Lake, July 24, 1857; FOUR: Avoid All Excitement, But Be Ready: Salt Lake City to Parowan, July 24–August 8, 1857; FIVE: Preaching a Military Discourse: Southern Utah, August 9–21, 1857; SIX: A Splendid Train: Arkansas to Utah, Emigration Season, 1857; SEVEN: Restless and Excited Beings: Northern Utah, July–August 1857 |
EIGHT: We Have Better Claim: Salt Lake to Fillmore, August 1857NINE: Men Have Magnified a Natural Circumstance: Corn Creek to Parowan, Late August–Early September 1857; TEN: Make It an Indian Massacre: Cedar City, July 24–September 5, 1857; ELEVEN: A Fearful Responsibility: Cedar City and Southwest, September 5–7, 1857; TWELVE: Finish His Dirty Job: Parowan to Mountain Meadows, September 7–10, 1857; THIRTEEN: Decoyed Out and Destroyed: Mountain Meado |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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On September 11, 1857, a band of Mormon militia, under a flag of |
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truce, lured unarmed members of a party of emigrants from their fortified encampment and, with their Paiute allies, killed them. This book offers a thoroughly researched account of the massacre. |
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