The Wine-Dark Sea of Grass

By Marilyn Brown

Book Overview

Author: ?+ Marilyn Brown Description:

They believed they had left their fears behind. They traveled over fifteen hundred miles to escape persecution, only to find their hard-won peace threatened by the U.S. Army, as well as their old enemies from Missouri.

What happened in the Mountain Meadows on that day in September of 1857 may never be fully understood, but author Marilyn Brown skillfully and sensitively evokes the layers of tragedy surrounding a people and place forever scarred by a brief moment in history.

After the horror of Haun's Mill and Carthage, they thought they had found peace in their small community in southern Utah. But the nightmare of the Mountain Meadows Massacre still lay ahead. And its shadow would haunt them for the rest of their lives.

-For Elizabeth, who lost her family during the westward trek and loved a man beyond her reach- and perhaps beyond heaven? s as well.

-For Jacob, who knew he would love one particular woman forever.

-For John Lee, whose reluctant obedience would shadow his name, his life, and the lives of his descendants for generations to come.

Product Details:

Format: Print: Size: Page Count: ISBN: 9781555175290 Imprint: CFI Books Publishing Office Use: 1Q471

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555175295
• ISBN13: 9781555175290
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Cedar Fort
• Length: 385 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Granddaughter of John D. Lee

John D. Lee is my Great-great-great Grandfather. I have read just about every piece of fiction and non-fiction on him and on the subject of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. I would have to say this is one of the few that makes any attempt to explain just what it was that made the Mormons attack that day. While it was surely a horrible tragedy, it was not simply a random act of violence. We must always keep in mind what a different place the US was then, violent and cruel and even good men did terrible things. My Grandfather was a good man and he was part of a terrible thing. This book goes a little way to explaining how and why and how he was also ultimately a victim of the Meadows himself.