num_pages: 544
description: Tells the story of the Mountain Meadows massacre, one of the West's most controversial historical subjects and the single most violent incident in the history of America's overland trails. Traces the crime from its origins in the bitter struggles of the Latter-day Saints in Missouri and Illinois to its legacy of lies and betrayal, which still haunts Utah today.
language: English
title: Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows
titlecomplete: Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows
characters: Brigham Young
genres: True Crime, History, Mormonism, American History, Crime, Religion, Historical, Lds, Nonfiction, Westerns
ratings_count: 413
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Caughey Western History Prize, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Spur Award
category: Best Nonfiction Historical
publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr