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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Eye witness and the only person held legally responsible for murder!
By Beach Lover
I am not a scholar of Mormon history. However, I cannot agree with the other reviewer who awarded only one star. She discredits the author rather than his story. He is hardly without "historical resources", having himself lived through most of the events he chronicles. Also, he is not just "every other incarcerated person". Only John D. Lee was tried in a court of law and convicted. He was the ONLY person executed for gruesome atrocities (and kidnapping of young children) that MUST have been approved by the elders and fellow "brothers" within the Mormon church. Obviously, he wasn't the only person involved in the killing.
From Wikipedia: "Historians attribute the massacre to a combination of factors including war hysteria fueled by millennialism and strident Mormon teachings by senior LDS leaders including Brigham Young. These teachings included doctrines about God's vengeance against those who had killed Mormon prophets, some of whom were from Arkansas. Scholars debate whether the massacre was caused by any direct involvement by Brigham Young, who was never officially charged and denied any wrongdoing. However, the predominant academic position is that Young and other church leaders helped create the conditions which made the massacre possible."
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this perspective of events.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Not my kind of book
By Victor Flack
Upon reading the book I found it to be bigoted and offensive. I had assumed it was a true history book but found it to be a pack of lies or innuendos. Poorly written at best.
1 of 12 people found the following review helpful.The Mormon Menace
By Olive G.
Unsurprisingly inaccurate with no credible historical resources but those of a prisoner who like every other incarcerated person feels he or she has been the product of social injustice. Don't waste the time or the money.
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- Published on: 2010-08-04
- Original language:English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.32" h x9.54" w x.79" l,1.51 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 386 pages
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