When men Become Gods : : Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, his Cult of Fear, and the Women who Fought Back
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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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PUBLISHED
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 294 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780312372484
0312372485
9780312564995
SUBJECTS
Jeffs, Warren, -- 1955-
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Forced marriage.
Abused wives -- Biography.
Marriage -- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Mormons -- Biography.
Polygamy.
Sexual abuse.
Mormon fundamentalism.