House of Mourning A Biocultural History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre

Name: House of Mourning A Biocultural History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre
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ISBN: 9781607811695

ISBN-10: 1607811693

ISBN-13: 9781607811695

Edition: 2008

Authors: Shannon A. Novak

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On September 11, 1857, some 120 men, women, and children from the Arkansas hills were murdered in the remote desert valley of Mountain Meadows, Utah. This notorious massacre was, in fact, a mass execution: having surrendered their weapons, the victims were bludgeoned to death or shot at point-blank range. The perpetrators were local Mormon militiamen whose motives have been fiercely debated for 150 years.In House of Mourning, Shannon A. Novak goes beyond the question of motive to the question of loss. Who were the victims at Mountain Meadows? How had they settled and raised their families in the American South, and why were they moving west once again? What were they hoping to find or make…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Publication date: 2/27/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.946