“Writing ‘Massacre at Mountain Meadows,'” Mormon Times, September 11, 2008
“In less than a month after its release, Oxford University Press is in its fourth printing of ‘Massacre at Mountain Meadows’ by Mormon authors Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr. and Glen M. Leonard.” Read more here.“Massacre at Mountain Meadows Authors Hope Readers Ask Questions,” Mormon Times, September 10, 2008
“What if you had been a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in southern Utah in 1857? What if you had been asked to participate in what later would be called the Mountain Meadows Massacre? What would you have done? The three authors of a new...Massacre at Mountain Meadows Topic of Panel at Salt Lake City Public Library, September 5, 2008
“The American West Center at the University of Utah and its partners the Charles Redd Center for Western History at BYU, the Mormon History Association, the Tanner Humanities Center, the Tanner Center for Non-Violent Human Rights, and the Salt Lake City Public Library...Massacre at Mountain Meadows “An Essential Purchase” for Libraries
“Authors Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., and Glen M. Leonard had unprecedented access to LDS Church archives in their telling of the titular 1857 tragedy in which 157 emigrants traveling to California were killed by local Mormons. With its understated prose, an...“Mountain Meadows Book Flying off Shelves,” Daily Herald, August 23, 2008
“The new book ‘Massacre at Mountain Meadows’ by Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr. and Glen M. Leonard has been a surprise best seller . . .” Read more.“‘Massacre’ a Hit in Utah,” Publisher’s Weekly, August 22, 2008
“Utah denizens seem to have been waiting for Massacre at Mountain Meadows; sales of the just-published history of the event from Oxford University Press have taken off in the state.” Read more.“Massacre at Mountain Meadows,” Part II, Utah NOW, KUED, August 22, 2008
“After more than six years of research, three Mormon historians have now published their long-awaited book on the Mountain Meadows Massacre. It’s just the latest telling of the story and among the critical questions is the role high-ranking Mormon leaders played in...Book Review, City Weekly, August 21, 2008
“An emotional, gripping narrative of events . . . a warts-and-all history uncommonly produced by the faithful . . . The authors convincingly argue that the massacre was a perfect storm for mass killing . . .” Read more.Review of Massacre at Mountain Meadows, Library Journal, August 20, 2008
“Highly recommended for all research collections of LDS and American history in public and college libraries.” Read more.“New Book on Mormon-Led Massacre Opens Old Wounds,” USA Today, August 2008
“The long-awaited release of ‘Massacre at Mountain Meadows’ forces a reexamination of a dark episode . . .” Read more. Article also published in Washington Times, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Reno Gazette-Journal, USA Today, CBCNews, and...“Mountain Meadows Redux,” Daily Herald, August 16, 2008
“The collaboration by Walker, Turley and Leonard is unique in the breadth of the research that supports it. . . . Jan Shipps, professor emeritus of religious studies and history at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and a widely respected authority on...“Massacre at Mountain Meadows,” Part I, Utah NOW, KUED, August 15, 2008
“Since the 1857 slaughter of more than 120 men, women and children at Mountain Meadows, Utah, questions about why a group of Mormon settlers killed an unarmed emigrant party and the influence of Brigham Young have swirled around the incident.” Read more.Book Signing, Benchmark Books, August 12, 2008
Benchmark Books, 3269 S. Main St., Suite 250, Salt Lake City, 5:30-7:30 p.m., August 12, 2008.“Mountain Meadows Massacre Book to Be Released with Input from LDS Church Historians,” ABC, August 8, 2008
“A telling sign as to how much interest there is in this book is that hasn’t even had its official release yet and the first printing is already sold out…” Read more.Reading & Book Signing, Ken Sanders Rare Books, August 8, 2008
“Ken Sanders Rare Books is pleased to announce a reading and book signing by Ronald Walker, Richard Turley, and Glen Leonard, authors of Massacre at Mountain Meadows on Friday, August 8th at 7:00 p.m. at our downtown bookstore (268 South 200 East).” Read...“Massacre at Mountain Meadows,” Radio West, KUER, August 4, 2008
“Since the 1857 slaughter of more than 120 men, women and children at Mountain Meadows, Utah, questions about why a group of Mormons settlers killed an unarmed emigrant party and how much influence Brigham Young had in the attack have swirled around the incident. On...LDS Today, August 1, 2008
“Even though none of my ancestors participated in the slaughter, I felt a deep sense of shame that my people could have ever participated in the events. That sense of sorrow has led me to want to apologize to the emigrants’ descendants for the carnage and plundering...“LDS Historians: Brigham Young Fueled Hysteria, But Didn’t Order Massacre,” Salt Lake Tribune, August 1, 2008
“Massacre is a gripping narrative aimed at the general reader that fills in many missing details of the notorious crime, laying out an almost hour-by-hour account of frenzied discussions among the participants during the week leading up to the attacks. Complex and...Booklist Online, July 30, 2008
“Coauthors Walker, Turley, and Leonard provide the fullest account yet of the darkest chapter in Mormon history . . . An essential acquisition for any western history collection.” Read more.“Much-Anticipated Book on Mountain Meadows Massacre to Hit Bookstores,” KSL Television, July 29, 2008
“The much-anticipated book on the Mountain Meadows Massacre from Latter-day Saint (LDS) historians, will soon be in book stores, after years of research and writing.” Watch here.Book Available, July 25, 2008
The book Massacre at Mountain Meadows is now available through Oxford University Press.“New Book Sheds Light on 1857 Massacre,” KCPW News, July 21, 2008
“A new book scrutinizes one of the darkest events in Mormon History.” Listen here.“Book Confronts LDS Tragedy,” Deseret News, July 19, 2008
“As they meticulously pieced together what some are calling the most complete history ever written of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, much of the agony was in the irony for three Latter-day Saint authors. . . .” Read moreByCommonConsent.com, June 12, 2008
“With all future work on the massacre, historians will be required to consult Massacre at Mountain Meadows as the starting point.” Read more.
“A vivid, gripping narrative of one of the most notorious mass murders in all American history, and a model for how historians should do their work. This account of a long-controversial horror is scrupulously researched, enriched with contemporary illustrations, and informed by the lessons of more recent atrocities.”
— Daniel Walker Howe , Pulitzer Prize-winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848