Devil's Gate: Brigham Young and the Great Mormon Handcart

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

The revelatory story, now in paperback, of the worst disaster in the history of the Western migrationsâ€”and how Brigham Young made it a parable of the indomitable Mormon spirit.

â€¢ Dramatic re-telling of a terrible but little-known tragedy: In 1856, 220 Mormons traveling west to Utah, pushing and pulling their belongings in handcarts, died of malnutrition and hypothermia. Roberts draws on contemporary letters and diaries to re-create the drama and suffering.

â€¢ A powerful indictment of Brigham Young: Young had been warned that the pilgrims were at risk from winter storms; he could have waited until the next year or sent aid eastward sooner but failed to do so until it was too late. Not only have Youngâ€™s biographers ignored or minimized this tragic and preventable event, theyâ€™ve tacitly accepted the official version of the story, which casts it as an unavoidable act of God that testedâ€”and provedâ€”the faith and steadfastness of the Mormon spirit.

â€¢ Follows the success of other books about the Mormons: Devilâ€™s Gate will appeal to the same readers that made Jon Krakauerâ€™s Under the Banner of Heaven and Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smithâ€™s The Mormon Murders into explosive, national bestsellers.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781416539896
ReleaseDate 2009-08-11
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781416539896

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781416539896
ReleaseDate	2009-08-11
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781416539896

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

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