I grow tired of pseudo-historians using second and third hand references to support a weak and ill-defined theory. No, I am not a Mormon who lives in Utah, but I understand why they would find Jon Krakauer's latest offering disappointing, if not deceitful. It seems as if Mr. Krakauer set out to write a story about two brutal murders and ended up in a morass of religion he neither understands nor fully contemplates. I am not terribly interested in Mr. Krakauer's unsubstantiated history. And because so much of the book grows on this poor foundation, the real tragedy and story of the murders become nothing more than macro conjecture. Avoid.