Lee was later excommunicated and executed for his role in the killings. This is the 3rd book ive read about the mountain meadows massacre, and the first. Americas first civil war, 18571858 paperback august 1, 2012 by david l. Mormon included in his compilation the first six books as they were written. Pages in category books of the book of mormon the following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. In september 1857, a wagon train passing through utah laden with. The book of mormon is a sacred text of the latter day saint movement, which, according to adherents, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the american continent from approximately 2200 bc to ad 421.
Moons rare books is a collection of rare and antique bibles, early mormon books and documents, lds scripture, classic literature, and early american and european historical documents. Studies of the book of mormon is a collection of essays written at the beginning of the 20th century though not published until 1985 by b. Two new books are reviving old accusations that mormon leader brigham. Brigham henry roberts march, 1857 september 27, 1933 was a historian, politician, and. The book examines the ideologies of both the lds church and the. Jan shipps is the author or editor of several books on mormonism, including. We specialize in early mormon books, carrying several copies of the first edition book of mormon and first edition doctrine and covenants, as well as other. Roberts 18571933, a general authority of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints lds church, which examine the validity of the book of mormon as a translation of an ancient american source. Although roberts continued to testify to the truth of the book of mormon, a foundational work of mormonism, he also wrote. According to the book of mormon, jesus christ appeared and preached to the nephites in the americas after his crucifixion. I am indebted to the author for disabusing me of my ignorance, having never heard.
As an offshoot of her research into emma smith she was the coauthor of mormon enigma, val. A very rare and unique modern edition of the book of mormon. The book of mormon was written for the intent that we may believe the bible, morm. The mormon adventure in oregon territory, 18551857, arthur h. It was first published in march 1830 by joseph smith as the book of mormon. In her riveting book, sally denton makes a fiercely convincing argument that they were. Biography portal christus statue temple square salt lake city. The book of mormon shall stand as a testimony against the world, ether 5. Fanfic mark twain may have savaged its literary ambitions, but a new novel from avi steinberg tries to. But now two authors who have studied the massacre say brigham.
He examines the 1857 mountain meadows massacre during the utah war. An account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken from the plates of nephi. The author herself of mormon descentfirst traces the extraordinary emergence of the mormons. The book continues the history of the nephites and the lamanites according to the records of helaman, who was the son of helaman, and also according to the records of his sons, even down to the coming of christ. According to smiths account and the books narrative, the book of mormon was originally written in otherwise unknown characte. A story of violent faith is a nonfiction book by author jon. The widely publicized mountain meadows massacre of september 11, 1857, during the utah war, was a mass killing of about emigrants, mostly from arkansas and heading for california. The tragedy at mountain meadows, september 1857 denton, sally on.