Devil's gate : Brigham Young and the great Mormon handcart tragedy
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
402 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Status
Canon City Public Library - NONFICTION
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LC Subjects
Disasters -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Mormon handcart companies -- History -- 19th century.
Mormon pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Mormons -- Migrations -- History -- 19th century.
Mormons -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Young, Brigham, -- 1801-1877.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Mormon handcart companies -- History -- 19th century.
Mormon pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Mormons -- Migrations -- History -- 19th century.
Mormons -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Young, Brigham, -- 1801-1877.
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Format
Book
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-380) and index.
Description
In 1856, 3,000 Mormons, most of them impoverished immigrants, trudged from Iowa to Utah. More than 220 of them perished along the way. Roberts offers the dramatic story of this disaster--a catastrophe, the author contends, that Brigham Young might have easily prevented.
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978.02 Roberts
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Roberts, D. (2008). Devil's gate: Brigham Young and the great Mormon handcart tragedy (1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.). Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Roberts, David, 1943-. 2008. Devil's Gate: Brigham Young and the Great Mormon Handcart Tragedy. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Roberts, David, 1943-. Devil's Gate: Brigham Young and the Great Mormon Handcart Tragedy Simon & Schuster, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Roberts, David. Devil's Gate: Brigham Young and the Great Mormon Handcart Tragedy 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed., Simon & Schuster, 2008.
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