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Red waterJudith Freeman

Red water

330 pagesFirst published 20022 editions
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"On September 11, 1857, a group of 120 emigrants en route to California was attacked and slaughtered by Mormon settlers and their Indian allies. The lives of seventeen children under the age of seven were spared. Twenty years later, John D. Lee, a Mormon and a participant in the massacre, was executed by a firing squad at the same spot and thus entered history as the scapegoat for all those responsible for what came to be known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre.". "Red Water is the story of the life of John D. Lee as told by three of his nineteen wives: Emma, a young English convert to the…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionAnchor20033369780385720694
EditionPantheon Books20023249780375420924
MormonsMountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857FictionFiction, religiousFiction, historical, generalUtah, fictionFiction, christian, historicalMormons, fiction