American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 11, 1857 - Rilegato

Denton, Sally

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ISBN 10: 0375412085 ISBN 13: 9780375412080

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2003

Riassunto

An incisive analysis of the September 1857 massacre of a gold-laden wagon train of would-be settlers passing through Utah draws on Mormon history, contemporaneous documents, and recently revealed records to argue that Brigham Young, the head of the Mormon Church, and members of the Church itself played key roles in the crime. 40,000 first printing.

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“American Massacre brilliantly captures a forgotten episode in our country’s history. It is a fascinating story.”
--Howard Zinn

“With eloquence and grace, Sally Denton tells the story of a remarkable episode of bloodshed that remains highly controversial. Her book illuminates the disturbing meeting ground between religion and violence in American history.”
--T. J. Stiles

“From its first harrowing pages to the potentially explosive discovery described in the epilogue, American Massacre is hard to put down, a vivid accoun of persecution and paranoia, deceit and self-deception, cruelty and cover-up. Sally Denton expertly guides us along the twisting trail that leads from upstate New York in 1823 to the horror of Mountain Meadows, the most hideous example of the human cost exacted by religious fanaticism in American history until 9/11.”
--Geoffrey C. Ward

L'autore:

Sally Denton has been an award-winning investigative reporter in both print and television, having written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune. She is the author of The Bluegrass Conspiracy: An Inside Story of Power, Greed, Drugs, and Murder, and, with Roger Morris, The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America, 1947—2000. She lives in the Southwest with her three sons.

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0375412085
• ISBN 13: 9780375412080
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 306