Difference between revisions of "Response to Under the Banner of Heaven, Chapter 18"

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* William Aden was killed on 10 September 1857.
 
* William Aden was killed on 10 September 1857.
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* {{FalseStatement}}: Aden was killed 2-3 days ''before'' the massacre.{{ref|foster.1}}
 
* {{FalseStatement}}: Aden was killed 2-3 days ''before'' the massacre.{{ref|foster.1}}
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* Brigham Young's letter instructing the Mormons to leave the immigrants alone didn't appear until decades later; there is question about its provenance and authenticity.
 
* Brigham Young's letter instructing the Mormons to leave the immigrants alone didn't appear until decades later; there is question about its provenance and authenticity.
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* {{FalseStatement}}: [[Brigham_Young_ordered_MMM/Brigham's_letter_mysteriously_lost|Brigham's letter mysteriously "lost"?]]
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*{{Detail|Brigham_Young_ordered_MMM/Brigham's_letter_mysteriously_lost|l1=Brigham's letter mysteriously "lost"?}}
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==Endnotes==
 
==Endnotes==
 
#{{note|foster.1}} {{FR-16-1-10}}
 
#{{note|foster.1}} {{FR-16-1-10}}

Revision as of 17:28, 6 February 2010


A FAIR Analysis of:
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A work by author: Jon Krakauer


Claims made in "Chapter 18: For Water Will Not Do"

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Claim
  • William Aden was killed on 10 September 1857.

Author's source(s)
  •  [ATTENTION!]
Response
  •  The author's claim is false: Aden was killed 2-3 days before the massacre.[1]

221n

Claim
  • Brigham Young's letter instructing the Mormons to leave the immigrants alone didn't appear until decades later; there is question about its provenance and authenticity.

Author's source(s)
  •  [ATTENTION!]
Response

Endnotes

  1. [note]  Craig L. Foster, "Doing Violence to Journalistic Integrity (Review of: "Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of a Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer)," FARMS Review 16/1 (2004): 149–174. off-site