ISBN:
9780312372484
,
0312372485
Language:
English
Pages:
294 S.
,
Ill.
,
25 cm
Edition:
1. ed
DDC:
306.84/23092
Keywords:
Jeffs, Warren / 1955-
;
Jeffs, Warren 〈1955-〉
;
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
;
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
;
Mormonen
;
Polygamy / United States
;
Mormons / United States / Biography
;
Forced marriage / United States
;
Mormon fundamentalism / United States
;
Forced marriage
;
Mormon fundamentalism
;
Mormons Biography
;
Polygamy
;
Zwangsheirat
;
Fundamentalismus
;
Polygamie
;
USA
;
USA
;
Biografie
;
Biografie
;
USA
;
Mormonen
;
Fundamentalismus
;
Polygamie
;
Zwangsheirat
Abstract:
As the self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, a sect of Mormonism based in southern Utah, Warren Jeffs held sway over thousands of followers for nearly a decade. In addition to coercing young girls into polygamous marriages with older men, Jeffs reputedly took scores of wives himself. The media were shunned, creating a hidden community where polygamy was prized above all else. But in 2007, after a two-year FBI manhunt, Jeffs was convicted as an accomplice to rape. Journalist Singular traces Jeffs's rise to power and the concerted effort that led to his downfall. It was a movement championed by law enforcement, but more vocally by a group of former wives seeking to liberate young women from the arranged marriages they'd once endured. The book offers new revelations into a nearly impenetrable enclave--a place of inbreeding and eerie seclusion, and a tradition almost a century old.--From publisher description
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