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Convicting the Mormons : the Mountain Meadow Massacre in American culture / Janiece L. Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Janiece L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media--Influence.
- Mass media.
- Mass media--United States--Influence.
- Latter Day Saints.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "In Convicting the Mormons, Janiece Johnson goes beyond the Mountain Meadows Massacre itself, analyzing how sensationalist media attention exacerbated public and legal perception of the Mormon religion. Johnson reveals that critics of Mormonism used the massacre to warn of a 'Mormon Menace' on America's West and to encourage government action against the Latter-day Saints"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Grant Statement
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Prologue: Crime Meets Punishment
- Introduction: A Mormon Massacre
- Chapter One. Mormon Savagery: Murder an' Massacretion
- Chapter Two. Circumscribing Civilization: The White Hellhounds
- Chapter Three. Relinquished Manhood: Be Men
- Chapter Four. Prosecuting Mormonism: The Tyrant of the Mormon Church and Theocratic Despotism
- Chapter Five. One Punishment Is Not Enough: Lee's Second Trial, Execution, and Aftermath
- Epilogue: Ex Uno Disce Omnes
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890862136
- 9798890862143
- 9781469673547
- 1469673541
- 9781469673554
- 146967355X
- OCLC:
- 1375297261
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