TY - BOOK AU - Lee,John D. TI - The Mormon Menace: the Confessions of John D. Lee, Danite SN - 9781776535514 AV - BX8615.S88 U1 - 289.3289.3/7509034289.37509034 PY - 2014/// CY - Auckland PB - The Floating Press KW - Mormons and Mormonism KW - Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857 KW - Massacre de Mountain Meadows, Utah, 1857 KW - RELIGION KW - Christianity KW - Denominations KW - bisacsh KW - Utah KW - fast N1 - Title; Contents; Introduction -- The Mormon Purpose; Chapter I -- The Stormy Youth of Lee; Chapter II -- Lee Begins a Career; Chapter III -- Lee Becomes a Mormon; Chapter IV -- The Saints Beset with Troubles; Chapter V -- The Mormon War; Chapter VI -- Lee Locates the Garden of Eden; Chapter VII -- The Saints Gather at Nauvoo; Chapter VIII -- Lee as a Missionary; Chapter IX -- Mormonism and its Origin; Chapter X -- Lee Casts Out Devils; Chapter XI -- Hot for Lee in Tennessee; Chapter XII -- Of Peculiar Interest in Nauvoo; Chapter XIII -- Death of Joseph Smith; Chapter XIV -- The Doctrine of Sealing; Chapter XV -- The Saints Turn WestwardChapter XVI -- Lee Goes to Santa Fe; Chapter XVII -- Lee is Treated Badly by the Brethren; Chapter XVIII -- The Danite and His Duty; Chapter XIX -- The Mountain Meadows; Chapter XX -- The Muster of the Danites; Chapter XXI -- The Blood Feast of the Danites; Chapter XXII -- The Danite Chief Reports to Brigham; Chapter XXIII -- Lee Nears the End; Appendix I -- Blood Atonement; Appendix II -- The Story of Lee's Arrest; Appendix III -- Death of John Doyle Lee N2 - In 1857, a group of pioneers from Arkansas heading for California were ambushed by a group of Native Americans and Mormons. It is estimated that nearly 140 men and women were massacred. Though his role in the massacre was not publicly known for decades after the attack, Mormon leader John D. Lee is believed to be one of the masterminds behind the violence. In this autobiography, Lee discusses his life before and after the so-called Mountain Meadow massacre UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=787798 ER -