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Kidnapped From That Land: The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamist (Paperback)

by Martha S Bradley (Author)
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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: The Government Raids On The Short Creek Polygamists is the first book to tell the story of the 1953 raid as well as two previous raids. With insight and compassion for the families that were fragmented by the arrests, Martha Bradley reveals the complex legal and religious issues surrounding the practice of polygamy. Kidnapped From That Land is a masterpiece of scholarship and a "window in time" upon one of the more curious and enduring subcultures in America. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

  • Paperback: 260 pages
  • Publisher: University of Utah Press (October 27, 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0874805287
  • ISBN-13: 978-0874805284
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,435,043 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)


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3.0 out of 5 stars A sad commentary on majority interference with minorities..., May 5, 1998
I found the book in a Utah bookstore the same weekend I first visited the town. We were staying with a family that we had business with. We were not aware the town is polygamous but were able to figure it out fairly quickly. Later we told the folks we had stayed with about the book and they had never heard of it. We loaned them our copy and one comment they made was the number of innaccuracies listed. None of them were particularly major but they were numerous. We were favorably impressed by the people we met. My wife visited there again last year and stayed for nearly two weeks. She says that the depiction of the community in the book really doesn't match what she saw during her stay. We did feel that the book didn't take a "mainline" Mormon viewpoint versus the community's minority viewpoint.
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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, April 29, 1997
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Very well researched. A valuableresearch tool for a very controversial and obscure subject
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