Inquest in Zion by Ivon Blum

Inquest in Zion by Ivon Blum

INQUEST IN ZION shows the aftermath of the Mountain Meadows Massacre in 1857's southern Utah, in which 55 Mormon men of the Iron County Militia shoot down 120 Fancher wagon train emigrants, men, women and children, from Arkansas. Sarah Dunlap, a surviving victim, returns to Utah in 1876 to find the truth of the massacre and to testify against the Mormons who slaughtered her family. Sarah's orphaned life has left her unschooled in the ways of men and love. Despite her ignorance, she falls in love with Young Lee, a son of John D. Lee, the man she's come to see hang. As Sarah prepares to testify in Lee's trial, Mormon assailants try to put her over the edge of the basin because she has a story to tell. She confronts each with sharp questions and her Colt pistol. The novel presents the later life, trial, confession and execution of John D. Lee, the only person ever tried or executed for the Massacre. His is the story of stubborn adherence to authority and its disastrous outcome. Soon after John D. Lee's execution by firing squad at the Mountain Meadows site of vast murder, Sarah and Young flee Utah. A Mormon, Danite assassin follows. I guess it ain't over for me and Young. Never will be.

Ivon Blum is a retired Los Angeles lawyer who has been researching and writing about the American Southwest for more than 20 years. His novel, River of Souls, about the Santa Fe Trail, was well received. He's visited the Tewa and Navajo in their hometowns and fly-fished many of the rivers in New Mexico and Arizona. He's a member of Wester Writers of America. When he writes about Canyon del Muerto, Shiprock, or old Fort Defiance, he is no stranger.

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ISBN 13	9781478791706
ISBN 10	1478791705
Title	Inquest in Zion
Author	Ivon Blum
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Outskirts Press
Year published	2017-10-02
Number of pages	284
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