What would be a good book to buy about MMM? I know there have been a whole slew of them written over the years, I wouldn't know where to begin.

BLOOD OF THE PROPHETS, Will Bagley

Will's contextual setup for the events of 1857 was excellent. It let you really get an understanding of what the mind set of people on all sides was. I think the meeting minutes of the meeting between BY and the southern chiefs does not directly implicate BY in the killing of the Fancher-Baker party, but it certainly does not belay the actions of a supposed prophet (IMO). Not for nothing, I highly recomment it.

I thought Fawn Brodie's was excellent.

Add to that John Lee's journals to see his side of the story and get a lot of religious and cultural background/setting info.



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Here's a online book which you can also purchase in paper.

http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/meadowscontents.htm

About the "Famous Trials" had most of the major works (minus the church-financed "rebuttal" by Walker, Leonard, and Turley).

Here's that link...

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mountainmeadows/mmmbiblio.html

And I'm certain "lostinutah" meant Juanita Brooks, not Fawn Brodie...

The Josiah Gibbs piece was written way back when, but since Carleton's report really contained most of the major details, it wasn't that far off... It's been several years since I read it, however...

Speaking of Carleton's Report...

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mountainmeadows/mmmbiblio.html