Dane Coolidge

Riders of Deseret: a Western Story Dane Coolidge

Marc Notes: Zach Tarrant is sent to the Morman city of Moroni as a government spy to gather evidence against Bishop Lot Drake, the man believed to be responsible for the Mountain Meadows Massacre--; Provided by publisher. Publisher Marketing: Lieutenant Zachary Tarrant is cashiered out of the U. S. Army for his involvement with Tamar Young, the daughter of Mormon leader Brigham Young. Tarrant was unaware that Tamar is actually the third wife of Hyrum Paine, secretary to Brigham Young. His one hope for reinstatement is to accept an assignment as a government spy, to go to the Mormon city of Moroni and gather evidence on Bishop Lot Drake who, thirty years before, was responsible for the massacre of 120 Gentile immigrants at Mountain Meadows.