{"product_id":"vengeance-is-mine-richard-e-turley-9780195397857","title":"Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath","description":"The long-awaited follow-up to the groundbreaking \u003cem\u003eMassacre at Mountain Meadows\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in 2008, \u003cem\u003eMassacre at Mountain Meadows\u003c\/em\u003e was a bombshell of a book, revealing the story of one of the grimmest episodes in Latter-day Saint history, when settlers in southwestern Utah slaughtered more than 100 members of a California-bound wagon train in 1857. In this much-anticipated sequel, Richard E. Turley Jr. and Barbara Jones Brown examine the aftermath of this atrocity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eVengeance Is Mine\u003c\/em\u003e documents southern Utah leaders' attempts to cover up their crime 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book examines the maneuvering of the defense and prosecution in Lee's two trials, the second 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. And they trace the fates of the other perpetrators, including the harrowing end of Nephi Johnson, who screamed \"Blood! Blood! Blood!\" in his delirium as he was dying, more than sixty years after the massacre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTurley 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eVengeance Is Mine \u003c\/em\u003ebrings the hitherto untold story of this shameful episode in Mormon and Utah history to its dramatic conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard E. Turley, Barbara Jones Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195397851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195397857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.40w x 2.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/28\/2023 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024","brand":"Richard E. Turley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072433320191,"sku":"9780195397857","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b95608ad-f3d3-44ab-9674-f05229228386.jpg?v=1685441937","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vengeance-is-mine-richard-e-turley-9780195397857","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}