Robert H. Briggs is a

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, lawyer and independent historian. , Briggs's area of historical research related to violence in frontier Utah, in particular the

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of 1857. A member of the Miller Eccles Study Group's board of directors, Briggs also wrote "The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows Massacre: Toward a Consensus Account and Time Line," as well as reviews of Sally Denton's ''

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Blood of the Prophets ''Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows'' (2002) by Will Bagley is a history of the Mountain Meadows massacre. The work updated Juanita Brooks' seminal history '' The Mountain Meadows Massacre'', and remains o ...

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Richard E. Turley, Jr. Richard Eyring "Rick" Turley Jr. (born February 18, 1956) is an American historian and genealogist. He previously served as both an Assistant Church Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and as managing direct ...

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Massacre at Mountain Meadows ''Massacre at Mountain Meadows'' is a book by Latter-day Saint historian Richard E. Turley, Jr. and two Brigham Young University professors of history, Ronald W. Walker and Glen M. Leonard. Leonard was also the director of the Museum of Church ...

.'' In 2010, he contributed the article, within this larger philosophical theme, provocatively titled "Mormonism and Violence" to '' Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia.''

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"Tragedy at Mountain Meadows Massacre: Toward a Consensus Account and Time Line"
– Monograph, Dixie State College of Utah
"The Mountain Meadows Massacre: An Analytical Narrative Based on Participant Confessions"
– Monograph, ''Utah Historical Quarterly'' (2006)
Sally Denton's American Massacre: Authentic Mormon Past versus the Danite Interpretation of History
– Book review, ''

FARMS Review ''Mormon Studies Review'' is an annual academic journal covering Mormon studies published by the University of Illinois Press. Previously, until and including its 2018 issue, the journal was published by Brigham Young University's Neal A. Maxwell ...

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A Scholarly Look at the Disastrous Mountain Meadows Massacre
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"Wrestling Brigham"
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: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows,'' December 2002 ''

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