Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. SIGNED. 493pp. Octavo [26 cm] 1/4 tan cloth over matching boards. Illustrated. Index. Bibliography. With the dust jacket. The most important work on the Mountain Meadows Massacre since Juanita Brooks' work published in 1950. On September 11, 1857, the Fancher-Baker Party of overland trail immigrants heading to California from Arkansas were ambushed and betrayed by Mormons in Southern Utah, with the assistance of some Paiute Indians, leading to the worst massacre of Americans by Americans in the 19th century. 120 men, women and children were brutally murdered.

Signed by Will Bagley on the half title.