Devil's Gate : Brigham Young and the Great Mormon Handcart Tragedy (Paperback)

from ImperfectCJ

Very thorough research. I would have prefered a little less judgement from the author. I prefer when an author isn't quite as in the story as Roberts was, but rather let the reader come to her own conclusions. All-in-all, though, this was an excellent book. Expanded greatly on what Stegner wrote ...

from Gold_Gato

This book explores the great trek West by the original Mormons, and it is an amazing read. Forget wagons and horses and the relatively easy migration experienced by other frontier go-getters. These immigrants had nothing, mostly coming from Europe where they bought the not-quite-true message sold...

from CasaBooks

After reading "The 19th Wife", this shared much of the same history and some overlapping characters.Once again - a part of history that amazed me and is so unknown.This was a tragedy of huge proportion and I'd never been aware.Sorry, but I bet the Mormons don't exactly brag about this incident.Re...

from CasaBooks

After reading "The 19th Wife", this shared much of the same history and some overlapping characters.Once again - a part of history that amazed me and is so unknown.This was a tragedy of huge proportion and I'd never been aware.Sorry, but I bet the Mormons don't exactly brag about this incident.Re...