Stop the press
Subtitle: how the Mormon Church tried to silence the Salt Lake Tribune
By: James W. Ure
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781633883390
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Mormon Church; Politics and government; Salt Lake Tribune (Firm); Newspaper publishing; Deseret News (Firm); Journalism; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; History
Other titles: How the Mormon Church tried to silence the Salt Lake Tribune
Description: "A journalist and once-active Mormon details the behind-the-scenes manipulations of the Mormon Church as it tried to destroy a leading newspaper in Salt Lake City. The author puts the conflict in historical context exposing the deep-seated enmity that is an unfortunate part of Mormon history."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-292) and index.
Table of contents: title: Bombshell; title: 1830: deep and historical resentments; title: Missouri massacre; title: Golden plates again; title: Polygamy and baptism for the dead; title: A press destroyed and peril to the prophet; title: Brigham Young takes the reins of a church in chaos; title: Westward ho; title: Paiute Indians; title: A new Mormon newspaper; title: Scapegoating; title: Brigham's fury at the feds and carpetbaggers; title: The massacre at Mountain Meadows; title: The war that almost was; title: Fanatics and whores; title: The Tribune and ZCMI are born; title: The Great Divide and the border ruffians; title: Mountain Meadows: Brigham Young's scapegoat; title: The devil in the form of C. C. Goodwin; title: Enter Thomas Kane; title: Battle royal for the Tribune; title: Mormons vs. the outside world; title: Mountain meadows redux; title: Media News Group buys the Trib; title: The Tribune's buy-back option; title: Singleton bankrupt, Alden Global Capital swoops in; title: The note and its consequences; title: Enter and re-enter the Huntsman family; title: Whither the LDS church?; title: The Tribune's future.