Search Results: journals of john d lee 1846 47 by lee john doyle

Bay Country Publishing Corp, 1984. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1984. 244pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Reprint of this work that was edited by the noted historian, Charles Kelly, contains a new introduction by Charles S. Peterson. Records events connected with the 1847 Mormon migration and the Mountain Meadows massacre, as well as other events. John D. Lee was the only person ever convicted of the atrocities at Mountain Meadows (nearly two decades after the event) and executed just a few months before the death of his adopted father, Brigham Young. "During his imprisonment Lee wrote the story of his life, confessing his participation in the Massacre. After having been sentenced to die, he intrusted the document to William W. Bishop, his attorney, together with all papers, letters and journals then remaining in his possession. All his journals were returned to the Lee family except No. 6 [this journal] which Bishop retained. Because of his possession of… Read More

Salt Lake City: Western Printing Company, 1938. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 244 pages + index, illustrations, very slight edge wear to jacket. #38 of 250 numbered copies, photo laid in as adhesive failed as usual for this title. From the Rosenstock collection, a collectible copy in as new condition. "Lee was a charter member of the Mormon secret organization known as "Danites," or "Avenging Angels." He served Brigham Young and participated in the Mountain Meadows Massacre, in which he was eventually convicted and executed. Howes L208..