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Vengeance is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath
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New York
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Oxford University Press
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"Vengeance Is Mine documents southern Utah leaders' attempts to cover up their crime [the Mountain Meadows Massacre] by silencing witnesses and spreading lies. Investigations by both governmental and church bodies were stymied by stonewalling and political wrangling. While nine men were eventually indicted, five were captured and only one, John D. Lee, was executed.
"This book examines the maneuvering of the defense and prosecution in Lee's two trials, the second trial ending in Lee's conviction. Turley and Brown explore the fraught relationship between Lee and church president Brigham Young, and assess what role, if any, Young played in the cover-up. They trace the fates of the other perpetrators, including the harrowing end of Nephi Johnson.
"Turley and Brown also tell the story of the massacre's few survivors: seventeen children who witnessed the slaughter and eventually returned to Arkansas, where the ill-fated wagon train originated." [From front book flap]
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