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Author:

Roberts, David, 1943-

Title:

Devil's gate : Brigham Young and the great Mormon handcart tragedy / David Roberts.

Edition:

1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Paperbacks,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

402 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Mormon pioneers--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
Mormon handcart companies--History--19th century.
Mormons--History--History--19th century.
Disasters--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
Young, Brigham,--1801-1877.
Mormons--West (U.S.)--Biography.

Notes:

Originally published in hardcover: c2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-380) and index.

Contents:

Patience -- Finding Zion -- The divine handcart plan -- Savage advice -- Troubles on the platte -- Rocky Ridge -- Martin's Cove -- The Mormon Mayflower -- A day of reckoning.

ISBN:

1416539891
9781416539896

OCLC:

(OCoLC)276335311

Locations:

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)