Devil's Gate: Brigham Young and the Great Mormon Handcart Tragedy
- ISBN-10
- 1416539883
- ISBN-13
- 9781416539889
- Series
- Devil's Gate
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 402
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- David Roberts
Description
Traces the tragedy-marked 1856 journey of three thousand Mormons from Iowa to Utah, explaining how leader Brigham Young disregarded warnings and then convinced his followers that hardships and deaths were part of a higher plan.
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