John Doyle Lee Zealot Pioneer Mountain Meadows Massacre LDS Mormon Juanita Brooks
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John Doyle Lee: Zealot, Pioneer Builder, Scapegoat
Western Frontiersman Series IX
by Juanita Brooks
Published by Arthur H. Clark Company (1973)
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Excellent++ Revised Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket! NO MARKS! The binding is tight and all 404 pages within are bright white with NO WRITING, UNDERLINING, HIGH-LIGHTING, RIPS, TEARS, BENDS OR FOLDS. The covers look near perfect! The dust jacket is in excellent condition with very minimal wear, as can be seen in my photos. The dust jacket is now inside of a Mylar cover to keep this beautiful gem in awesome condition for generations to come. You will be happy with this one! Always handled and packaged with care! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking!
A Book Review:
Adam rated it and really liked it!
This is a fantastic book about a complex person. Juanita Brooks captures the tragedy of the man while guiding the reader through fascinating accounts of early Mormon culture and the settlement of the southwest. Anybody interested in early Mormon history or the taming of southern Utah must read this book.
About John D. Lee:
John D. Lee was fascinating. The only man ever tried and executed for his role in the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre, he was so much more than what he did on that black day. Baptized in 1838, he quickly became known for his hard work and loyalty to the Church. His loyalty was rewarded when Brigham Young sealed Lee to himself as an adopted son. Lee traveled west with the Saints when they left Nauvoo, and heeded Brigham Young's call to settle southern Utah in the early 1850s.
Lee was industrious in Southern Utah, building houses in Harmony and Washington. Caught up in the war fever stoked by Brigham Young and other leaders, Lee was instrumental in the slaughter of the emigrants from Arkansas, but claims to have lived with a clear conscious after the events.
Life continued for Lee as usual after the massacre, but fifteen years later, Church officials were feeling the pressure to distance themselves from the horrible tragedy. As a result, Lee was excommunicated. After his excommunication, Brigham Young banished Lee to the desert to establish a ferry over the Colorado to help the Saints settle Arizona. Notwithstanding his excommunication, Lee remained loyal to Brigham and did his duty. He established Lee's Ferry, a site that remains today.
Lee didn't have much time to work at the ferry. He was eventually captured and tried by federal authorities for his role in the massacre. In 1877, a jury of Mormon men convicted Lee of murder in the first degree. The federal authorities took him to Mountain Meadows, made him stand before his coffin, and shot him in the chest. He fell into his coffin and was later buried in his temple robes.
In 1961, the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve met in a joint session. They reinstated him to membership in the Church. A few weeks later, John D. Lee's temple work was done for him in the Salt Lake City Temple.
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