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Tragedy and truth

by Alexander L. Baugh, Glenn Rawson, Dennis Lyman

MormonsChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsMassacresMilitiaHaun's Mill Massacre, Mo., 1838BiographyCrimes againstHistory

Discusses why and how the massacre at Hawn's Mill happened on the afternoon of October 30, 1838, when a vigilante force of more than two hundred armed men attacked and raided the small settlement and killed seventeen Mormon men and boys and wounded others.

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Book data: Open Library