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* [[Western History Association]]’s John W. Caughey Prize for the year’s most distinguished book on the history of the American West. |
* [[Western History Association]]’s John W. Caughey Prize for the year’s most distinguished book on the history of the American West. |
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* Spur Award, Western Writers of America<ref>{{cite web | title=2008 | work=Award-Winning Books | publisher=[[University of Oklahoma Press]] | url=http://www.oupress.com/awardbooks.asp | accessdate=2009-05-12}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> |
* Spur Award, Western Writers of America<ref>{{cite web | title=2008 | work=Award-Winning Books | publisher=[[University of Oklahoma Press]] | url=http://www.oupress.com/awardbooks.asp | accessdate=2009-05-12}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> |
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* Caughey Book Prize, Western History Association <ref>{{cite web |
* Caughey Book Prize, Western History Association <ref>{{cite web|title=WHA Award Winners |work=Western History Association |publisher=[[University of Missouri–St. Louis]] |url=http://www.umsl.edu/~wha/awards/winners.html |accessdate=2009-05-13 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406183002/http://www.umsl.edu:80/~wha/awards/winners.html |archivedate=2009-04-06 |df= }}</ref> |
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* Caroline Bancroft History Prize, Denver Public Library <ref>{{cite web | title=Caroline Bancroft History Prize | work=Western History and Genealogy | publisher=[[Denver Public Library]] | url=http://history.denverlibrary.org/about/bancroft.html | accessdate=2009-05-12}}</ref> |
* Caroline Bancroft History Prize, Denver Public Library <ref>{{cite web | title=Caroline Bancroft History Prize | work=Western History and Genealogy | publisher=[[Denver Public Library]] | url=http://history.denverlibrary.org/about/bancroft.html | accessdate=2009-05-12}}</ref> |
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* Co-Founders Best Book Award, Westerners International.<ref name="oupress.com">{{cite web | title=Blood of the Prophets | work=Book Details | publisher=[[University of Oklahoma Press]] | url=http://www.oupress.com/bookdetail.asp?isbn=0-8061-3639-1 | accessdate=2009-05-12}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> |
* Co-Founders Best Book Award, Westerners International.<ref name="oupress.com">{{cite web | title=Blood of the Prophets | work=Book Details | publisher=[[University of Oklahoma Press]] | url=http://www.oupress.com/bookdetail.asp?isbn=0-8061-3639-1 | accessdate=2009-05-12}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> |
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* 2003 Best Book Award, John Whitmer Historical Association <ref>{{cite web |
* 2003 Best Book Award, John Whitmer Historical Association <ref>{{cite web|title=2003 Best Book Award |work=Awards |publisher=[[John Whitmer Historical Association]] |url=http://jwha.info/awards/2003book.asp |accessdate=2009-05-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724012259/http://www.jwha.info/awards/2003book.asp |archivedate=2008-07-24 |df= }}</ref> |
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Brigham D. Madsen, a fellow Utah historian, wrote: “While the word ‘definitive’ is often overused, this account of the killings merits that distinction. Bagley’s book ranks as a Mormon historical classic.”, Western Historical Quarterly.<ref name="oupress.com"/> |
Brigham D. Madsen, a fellow Utah historian, wrote: “While the word ‘definitive’ is often overused, this account of the killings merits that distinction. Bagley’s book ranks as a Mormon historical classic.”, Western Historical Quarterly.<ref name="oupress.com"/> |
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==Criticism== |
==Criticism== |
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[[FARMS|The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies]] at [[Brigham Young University]] criticized Bagley's conclusion that Brigham Young ordered the massacre.<ref name="Crockett, Robert D. 2003 199–254">{{cite journal | author=Crockett, Robert D. | title=A Trial Lawyer Reviews Will Bagley's Blood of the Prophets | journal=[[FARMS Review]] | volume=15 | issue=2 | pages=199–254 | year=2003 | url=http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=review&id=509 | accessdate=2009-05-12}}</ref> For example, FARMS points to Bagley's misuse of a quote, written by [[Dimick B. Huntington]], in which the [[Piedes]] Indians told Brigham Young they were "afraid to fight the Americans & so would raise grain" during the [[Utah War]].<ref name="Coates">{{cite journal |
[[FARMS|The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies]] at [[Brigham Young University]] criticized Bagley's conclusion that Brigham Young ordered the massacre.<ref name="Crockett, Robert D. 2003 199–254">{{cite journal | author=Crockett, Robert D. | title=A Trial Lawyer Reviews Will Bagley's Blood of the Prophets | journal=[[FARMS Review]] | volume=15 | issue=2 | pages=199–254 | year=2003 | url=http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=review&id=509 | accessdate=2009-05-12}}</ref> For example, FARMS points to Bagley's misuse of a quote, written by [[Dimick B. Huntington]], in which the [[Piedes]] Indians told Brigham Young they were "afraid to fight the Americans & so would raise grain" during the [[Utah War]].<ref name="Coates">{{cite journal|author=Coates, Lawrence |title=Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows (Book Review) |journal=[[BYU Studies]] |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=153–158 |year=2003 |url=http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=6825 |accessdate=2010-04-13 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609212818/http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=6825 |archivedate=2011-06-09 |df= }}</ref> Bagley replaced the word "grain" with "allies", so as to read "afraid to fight the Americans & so would raise allies", and published this revision in ''Blood of the Prophets''.<ref name="Coates" /> It has also been pointed out that some of Bagley's more controversial conclusions can only be reached by using a flawed timeline of events.<ref name="Crockett, Robert D. 2003 199–254"/> |
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Some historians feel that, since Will Bagley was hired by California businessman Frank James Singer to "rewrite the story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre," this may have influenced his interpretation of the facts, a charge Bagley denies.<ref name="Coates" /><ref>http://www.mormonapologetics.org/topic/27915-who-is-frank-james-singer/</ref> |
Some historians feel that, since Will Bagley was hired by California businessman Frank James Singer to "rewrite the story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre," this may have influenced his interpretation of the facts, a charge Bagley denies.<ref name="Coates" /><ref>http://www.mormonapologetics.org/topic/27915-who-is-frank-james-singer/</ref> |
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Author | Will Bagley |
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Language | English |
Subject | Mountain Meadows massacre |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Publication date | September 2002[1] |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Pages | 544 |
ISBN | 0-8061-3426-7 |
Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows (2002) by Will Bagley is an award-winning history of the Mountain Meadows massacre. The work updated Juanita Brooks' seminal history The Mountain Meadows Massacre, and remains one of the definitive works on the topic.[2]
Awards and Praise
- Utah Arts Council’s Original Writing Competition Publication Prize
- Western Writers of America’s Spur Award
- Denver Public Library’s Caroline Bancroft History Prize
- Westerners International’s Best Book Award
- John Whitmer Historical Association’s Smith-Petit Best Book Award
- Western History Association’s John W. Caughey Prize for the year’s most distinguished book on the history of the American West.
- Spur Award, Western Writers of America[3]
- Caughey Book Prize, Western History Association [4]
- Caroline Bancroft History Prize, Denver Public Library [5]
- Co-Founders Best Book Award, Westerners International.[6]
- 2003 Best Book Award, John Whitmer Historical Association [7]
Brigham D. Madsen, a fellow Utah historian, wrote: “While the word ‘definitive’ is often overused, this account of the killings merits that distinction. Bagley’s book ranks as a Mormon historical classic.”, Western Historical Quarterly.[6]
The New York Review of Books praised the work as “an exhaustive, meticulously documented, highly readable history that captures the events and atmosphere that gave rise to the massacre, as well as its long, tortuous aftermath. Bagley has taken great care in negotiating the minefield presented by what remains of the historical record.”[8]
Criticism
The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies at Brigham Young University criticized Bagley's conclusion that Brigham Young ordered the massacre.[9] For example, FARMS points to Bagley's misuse of a quote, written by Dimick B. Huntington, in which the Piedes Indians told Brigham Young they were "afraid to fight the Americans & so would raise grain" during the Utah War.[10] Bagley replaced the word "grain" with "allies", so as to read "afraid to fight the Americans & so would raise allies", and published this revision in Blood of the Prophets.[10] It has also been pointed out that some of Bagley's more controversial conclusions can only be reached by using a flawed timeline of events.[9]
Some historians feel that, since Will Bagley was hired by California businessman Frank James Singer to "rewrite the story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre," this may have influenced his interpretation of the facts, a charge Bagley denies.[10][11]
Editions
- 2002: Norman, University of Oklahoma Press.
References
- ^ "Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows (Hardcover)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ Jon Krakauer, Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (Doubleday, 2003), p.214, footnote.
- ^ "2008". Award-Winning Books. University of Oklahoma Press. Retrieved 2009-05-12. [dead link]
- ^ "WHA Award Winners". Western History Association. University of Missouri–St. Louis. Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
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- ^ a b "Blood of the Prophets". Book Details. University of Oklahoma Press. Retrieved 2009-05-12. [dead link]
- ^ "2003 Best Book Award". Awards. John Whitmer Historical Association. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
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- ^ a b Crockett, Robert D. (2003). "A Trial Lawyer Reviews Will Bagley's Blood of the Prophets". FARMS Review. 15 (2): 199–254. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ^ a b c Coates, Lawrence (2003). "Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows (Book Review)". BYU Studies. 42 (1): 153–158. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
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