Response to Under the Banner of Heaven, Chapter 18

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Response to 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]

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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

Notes


  1. 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