Massacre at Mountain Meadows : an American tragedy / / Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley, Jr., Glen M. Leonard
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (447 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 979.2/02 |
| Soggetto topico: | Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857 |
| Massacres - Utah | |
| Altri autori: |
LeonardGlen M
TurleyRichard E., Jr., <1956->
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| Note generali: | Map on lining papers. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-408) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | On September 11, 1857, a band of Mormon militia, under a flag of 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Massacre at Mountain Meadows |
| ISBN: | 0-19-774005-7 |
| 1-281-51504-3 | |
| 9786611515041 | |
| 0-19-972199-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910964686503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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