Awards and Praise
- Best Non-Fiction Book of 2008, Westerners International
- Best Book Award, Mormon History Association, May 2009
- Booklist Editors Choice: Adult Books for 2008, Booklist
Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Daniel Walker Howe, said the book was:
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.
In September 2009 the Journal of American History wrote:
Massacre at Mountain Meadows is arguably the most professional, transparent account of a controversial event in Mormon history produced under church auspices. The deftly and tightly written story is constructed like a Greek tragedy, the timeline contracting as the narrative expands in detail─breaking at the climax.
In June 2009 Reviews in American History wrote:
A fascinating study about one of the most controversial events of western history . . . When confronted with disputed or contradictory evidence, the authors deal with it judiciously and fairly. The thoroughness of their research is most impressive . . . Massacre is a significant contribution. It is carefully researched, objective in viewpoint, well organized, and clearly written.
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