Avenging Mountain Meadows
Salt Lake City, UT: Prairie Dog Press / Benchmark Books, 2002. First Edition, 1/104. [10]pp. Octavo [25 cm] Red string-bound wrappers. Near fine. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Item #10530
Keepsake that was issued with the limited edition of 'Blood of the Prophets,' an award-winning, account of the attack on the Baker-Fancher wagon train by Mormons in the local militia and a few Paiute Indians. Will Bagley (1950-2021) wrote and edited more than twenty books on overland emigration, frontier violence, railroads, mining, and the Mormons. He lectured widely and had appeared in more than a dozen films, including the American Experience episode of the ‘The Mormons’ on PBS. He was one of the finest historians of the postwar period and a legend.
Price: $40.00