MASSACRE AT MOUNTAIN MEADOWS: AN AMERICAN LEGEND AND A MONUMENTAL CRIME
by Wise, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0690011741
- ISBN 13
- 9780690011746
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1976. First edition, first printing . Hardcover. In September, 1857, a large and prosperous group of emigrants, the Fancher Party, was passing through the territory of Utah on its way to California. At Mountain Madows, where they had stopped to rest and to water and feeed their stock, they were ambushed and tricked into surrendering. More than 120 men, women, and children were then cold-bloodedly murdered by Indians and members of the Mormon church. 317 pages. Fine in near fine, bright dust jacket with several tiny closed tears.
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- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40797
- Title
- MASSACRE AT MOUNTAIN MEADOWS: AN AMERICAN LEGEND AND A MONUMENTAL CRIME
- Author
- Wise, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- ISBN 10
- 0690011741
- ISBN 13
- 9780690011746
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- mormon, utah
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Talent, Oregon
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