{"title":"Richard E. Turley","description":"Richard E. Turley Jr. was a long-time historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, and a co-author of Massacre at Mountain Meadows. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the American Historical Association's Herbert Feis Award and the Historic Preservation Medal from the Daughters of the American Revolution. Turley also represented relatives of the Mountain Meadows Massacre victims in their successful petition of the federal government to grant National Historic Landmark status for the atrocity site.","products":[{"product_id":"vengeance-is-mine-the-mountain-meadows-massacre-and-its-aftermath-hardcover","title":"Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe long-awaited follow-up to the groundbreaking \u003cem\u003eMassacre at Mountain Meadows\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\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.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365578047711,"sku":"9780195397857","price":39.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/EM49B5-fOq9780195397857.webp?v=1789066481"},{"product_id":"massacre-at-mountain-meadows-paperback","title":"Massacre at Mountain Meadows - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn September 11, 1857, a band of Mormon militia, under a flag of truce, lured unarmed members of a party of emigrants from their fortified encampment and, with their Paiute allies, killed them. More than 120 men, women, and children perished in the slaughter. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eMassacre at Mountain Meadows\u003c\/em\u003e offers the most thoroughly researched account of the massacre ever written. Drawn from documents previously not available to scholars and a careful re-reading of traditional sources, this gripping narrative offers fascinating new insight into why Mormons settlers in isolated southern Utah deceived the emigrant party with a promise of safety and then killed the adults and all but seventeen of the youngest children. The book sheds light on factors contributing to the tragic event, including the war hysteria that overcame the Mormons after President James Buchanan dispatched federal troops to Utah Territory to put down a supposed rebellion, the suspicion and conflicts that polarized the perpetrators and victims, and the reminders of attacks on Mormons in earlier settlements in Missouri and Illinois. It also analyzes the influence of Brigham Young's rhetoric and military strategy during the infamous \"Utah War\" and the role of local Mormon militia leaders in enticing Paiute Indians to join in the attack. Throughout the book, the authors paint finely drawn portraits of the key players in the drama, their backgrounds, personalities, and roles in the unfolding story of misunderstanding, misinformation, indecision, and personal vendettas. \u003cbr\u003e The Mountain Meadows Massacre stands as one of the darkest events in Mormon history. Neither a whitewash nor an exposé, \u003cem\u003eMassacre at Mountain Meadows\u003c\/em\u003e provides the clearest and most accurate account of a key event in American religious history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365701386463,"sku":"9780199747566","price":27.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/lx7th7YNuW9780199747566.webp?v=1789070132"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/richard-e-turley.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}