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''The Mountain Meadows Massacre'' (1950) by Juanita Brooks was the first definitive study of the Mountain Meadows massacre.〔Jon Krakauer, ''Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith'' (Doubleday, 2003), p.214, footnote.〕 Brooks, a Mormon historian trained in historical methods,〔Juanita Brooks was successively a field fellow for the Henry E. Huntington Library in San Marino, California, the recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation grant to study the Mountain Meadows Massacre, a member of the Utah Board of State History, and received the distinguished service award from the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. She held a master's degree in English from Columbia University.〕 was discouraged from studying the incident,〔Matthew Despain and Fred R. Gowans, "Juanita Brooks", ''Utah History Encyclopedia'', available at (historytogo.Utah.gov )〕 and she suffered some ostracism from fellow Mormons after its publication.〔Gregory A. Prince & Wm. Robert Wright (2005), ''David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism'', Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, ISBN 0-87480-822-7, p. 53.〕 Her work was acclaimed by historians, however, leading to her recognition as an exemplary historian of the American West and Mormonism. Her account of the massacre was eventually accepted by the Mormon leadership. == Summary == ''The Mountain Meadows Massacre'' was the first work to fully document Mormon involvement in the massacre. In the book, Brooks demonstrated convincingly that the Mormon militia was responsible for the massacre, and that John D. Lee, the only militiaman executed, was effectively a scapegoat. She writes, "The church leaders decided to sacrifice Lee only when they could see that it would be impossible to acquit him without assuming a part of the responsibility themselves".〔''The Mountain Meadows Massacre'', pp. 219-220. Published by University of Oklahoma Press in 1950.〕 The work cleared Brigham Young of any direct involvement, but did blame him for his incendiary rhetoric. Brooks writes, "While Brigham Young and other church authorities did not specifically order the massacre, they did preach sermons and set up social conditions that made it possible."〔''The Mountain Meadows Massacre'', p. 219. Published by University of Oklahoma Press in 1950.〕 In Brooks' unflinching narrative, she painted the Massacre as an overreaction by the Mormon militia forces, one that was a tragedy for all sides, resulting in the death of settlers and the tarnishing of the name of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. On the role of her own grandfather Dudley Leavitt, Brooks seemed ambivalent. "We can only wonder as to Dudley's relation to the Massacre," Brooks wrote of him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Mountain Meadows Massacre (book)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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