| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0436276011 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0436276019 |
| No of pages | 306 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Secker & Warburg |
| Published Date | 04 Sep 2003 |
About Author
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0436276011 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0436276019 |
| No of pages | 306 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Secker & Warburg |
| Published Date | 04 Sep 2003 |
I am an investigative reporter, author, and historian who writes about the subjects others ignore--from a drug conspiracy in Kentucky to organized crime in Las Vegas; from corruption within the Mormon Church to murdered women in New Mexico; from one of America's bitterest political campaigns to the powerful forces arrayed against Franklin D. Roosevelt.
While the subjects of my books at first glance seem disparate, they are actually unified by a central theme of the exploration of subjects in American history that have been neglected or marginalized, and characters whom I return to their rightful places in history. I am a Guggenheim fellow, a Woodrow Wilson public scholar, a Black Mountain/Kluge fellow, and the recipient of the Robert Laxalt Distinguished Writer Award and two Western Heritage Awards.
My book "The Profiteers: Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World" won Best Investigative Book of 2016 from Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE). I have been inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame, and am a decades-long resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico. I am the mother of three sons and am married to journalist and author John L. Smith www.sallydenton.com @sallydenton
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In September 1857, a wagon train passing through Utah laden with gold was attacked and the people in it slaughtered. Since then, this incident at Mountain Meadows has been the focus of passionate debate: were Mormon church officials responsible for the massacre or were they not? Sally Denton - herself of Mormon descent - traces the extraordinary history of the Mormons up to the time of the massacre.
She makes it clear that, in the immediate aftermath of the incident, the Church began to place the blame on John D. Lee, a discredited Mormon, and on Native Americans. She draws on contemporary records and newly-revealed documents to support her argument that, in fact, the Church's leader, Brigham Young, bore significant responsibility: impelled by the Church's financial crises - increasingly serious as scrutiny and condemnation by the federal government intensified - Yung incited the crime by both word and deed.
Finally, Denton explains how the rapidly expanding and fantastically wealthy Mormon Church of today still struggles to absolve itself of responsibility for what many be an act of religious fanaticism unparalleled in the annals of American history.