Bombshell -- 1830: deep and historical resentments -- Missouri massacre -- Golden plates again -- Polygamy and baptism for the dead -- A press destroyed and peril to the prophet -- Brigham Young takes the reins of a church in chaos -- Westward ho -- Paiute Indians -- A new Mormon newspaper -- Scapegoating -- Brigham's fury at the feds and carpetbaggers -- The massacre at Mountain Meadows -- The war that almost was -- Fanatics and whores -- The Tribune and ZCMI are born -- The Great Divide and the border ruffians -- Mountain Meadows: Brigham Young's scapegoat -- The devil in the form of C. C. Goodwin -- Enter Thomas Kane -- Battle royal for the Tribune -- Mormons vs. the outside world -- Mountain meadows redux -- Media News Group buys the Trib -- The Tribune's buy-back option -- Singleton bankrupt, Alden Global Capital swoops in -- The note and its consequences -- Enter and re-enter the Huntsman family -- Whither the LDS church? -- The Tribune's future.
Summary:
"A journalist and once-active Mormon details the behind-the-scenes manipulations of the Mormon Church as it tried to destroy a leading newspaper in Salt Lake City. The author puts the conflict in historical context exposing the deep-seated enmity that is an unfortunate part of Mormon history."--Provided by publisher.
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