Stories of Mormon polygamy abound, but little is written of the unrelenting violence and brutality toward anyone who impinged on perceived Mormon rights and territory in the 19th century.
Jones attempts to capture the sinister Mormon past in this novel spanning more than a half-century, with gentiles pursuing their own lives and mining ventures in land coveted by the newly settled Mormons.
[Clearly a reviewer, if not a book, with a bias against the Mormons of the latter 19th Century. "Unrelenting violence and brutality"? Really?]
Specialty bookshelf: reviews of regional, children’s and mystery titles
This review by Joan Hinkemeyer
Rocky Mountain News 27 November 2008
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/nov/27/specialty-bookshelf-reviews-of-regional-and/
