Blood of the Prophets

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Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows (2002) by Will Bagley is an award-winning history of the Mountain Meadows massacre. The work updated Juanita Brooks' seminal history of the topic, The Mountain Meadows Massacre, and has been described as "the definitive work" on the topic.^[1]

[edit] Editions

• 2002: Norman, University of Oklahoma Press.

[edit] Awards

• Utah Arts Council’s Original Writing Competition Publication Prize
• Western Writers of America’s Spur Award
• Denver Public Library’s Caroline Bancroft History Prize
• Westerners International’s Best Book Award, the John Whitmer Historical Association’s Smith-Petit Best Book Award
• Western History Association’s John W. Caughey Prize for the year’s most distinguished book on the history of the American West.

Mountain Meadows massacre v • d • e
Backgrounds of the Fanchers and the Mormons War hysteria  · Conspiracy and siege Killings and aftermath  · Trials  · Remembrances LDS public relations  · Media depictions
Precursors
Haun's Mill massacre  · Mormon pioneers Paiutes  · Kingdom of God (LDS)  · Utah War Blood atonement  · Plural marriage
Books
Juanita Brooks  · Blood of the Prophets Burying The Past Banner of Heaven  · September Dawn

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