Item Detail
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32825
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14
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English
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“What Really Happened?”: The Life and Death of Olivia Coombs
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Journal of Mormon History
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October 2022
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48
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4
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66-99
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This article overviews the lives of Olivia Coombs and her murderer, George Wood. It examines the social and cultural factors that contributed to each of their life circumstances and choices. It is difficult to come to a concrete conclusion, since conflicting versions of the story have survived to the present, but the author presents all the known facts in an attempt to piece together the truth.
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