Murder At The Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy Of Lies, And The Taking Of The American West
by Blaine Harden
- American History
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Myths and massacres
In 1836, two missionaries, Dr. Marcus Whitman and Reverend Henry Spalding, were headed to present-day Washington state and Idaho, where they aimed to convert members of the Cayuse and Nez Perce tribes. Both would fail spectacularly as missionaries. But Spalding would succeed as a propagandist, inventing a story that recast his friend as a hero, and helped to fuel the massive westward migration that would eventually lead to the devastation of those they had purportedly set out to save.
Exposing the hucksterism and self-interest at the root of American myth-making, Murder at the Mission reminds us of the cost of American expansion, and of the problems that can arise when history is told only by the victors.
Additional Book Details
Pages: | 464 |
Release Date: | April 27, 2021 |
ISBN: | 9780525561668 |
Club ID: | 1424904 |
Format: | Regular Print |