| Kidnapped from That Land: The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamists Contributor(s): Bradley, Martha S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874805287 ISBN-13: 9780874805284 Publisher: University of Utah Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Religion | Christianity - Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (mormon) |
| Dewey: 289.379 |
| LCCN: 93008293 |
| Lexile Measure: 1480 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.1" W x 9.12" (1.01 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Arizona - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the early morning hours of July 26, 1953, several hundred Arizona state officials and police officers moved into the polygamist community of Short Creek, Arizona, to serve warrants on thirty-six men and eighty-six women. Officials staging the raid believed they were rescuing the community's 263 children from a life of bondage and immorality. Kidnapped from that Land is the first book to bring together the story of the 1953 raid and two previous raids in 1935 and 1944. Martha Bradley tells the story with insight and compassion for the families that were fragmented by the arrests. She also deals with the complex legal issues that persist in both Arizona and Utah, where the practice of polygamy is a felony that is no longer prosecuted. Kidnapped from that Land will appeal to those interested in the study of Mormon history, of polygamy, and of western regional and American social history. |