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Revision as of 09:49, 20 June 2009


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


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

Page Claim Response Author's sources

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  • William Aden was killed on 10 September 1857.
  •  The author's claim is false: Aden was killed 2-3 days before the massacre.[1]
  •  [ATTENTION!]

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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.
  •  [ATTENTION!]


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