Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows

Description

The massacre at Mountain Meadows on September 11| 1857| was the single most violent attack on a wagon train in the thirty-year history of the Oregon and California trails.
Yet it has been all but forgotten.
Will Bagley’s “Blood of the Prophets” is an award-winning| riveting account of the attack on the Baker-Fancher wagon train by Mormons in the local militia and a few Paiute Indians.
Based on extensive investigation of the events surrounding the murder of over 120 men| women| and children| and drawing from a wealth of primary sources| Bagley explains how the murders occurred| reveals the involvement of territorial governor Brigham Young| and explores the subsequent suppression and distortion of events related to the massacre by the Mormon Church and others.