William P. MacKinnon is the author of At Sword's Point: A Documentary History of the Utah War to 1858. MacKinnon has published over thirty articles on the history of the American West. In 2008, the Mormon History Association

Mormon History Association

The Mormon History Association is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the study and understanding of all aspects of Mormon history to promote understanding, scholarly research, and publication in the field...

 awarded MacKinnon its Thomas L. Kane

Thomas L. Kane

Thomas Leiper Kane was an American attorney, abolitionist, and military officer who was influential in the western migration of the Latter-day Saint movement and served as a Union Army colonel and general of volunteers in the American Civil War...

 Award. An independent historian and management consultant, , MacKinnon lived in Santa Barbara with his wife, Patricia. In 2010, he contributed an article to Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia

Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia

Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia designed for a general readership about topics relating to the History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, edited by W. Paul Reeve and Ardis E. Parshall. Reeve is a professor of history at the University of Utah and Parshall...

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External links

• "Author takes on 'Utah War'" – Lee Davidson, Deseret News