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001 2008006670
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050 00 $aHQ994$b.S56 2008
082 00 $a306.84/23092$aB$222
100 1 $aSingular, Stephen.
245 10 $aWhen men become gods :$bMormon polygamist Warren Jeffs, his cult of fear, and the women who fought back /$cStephen Singular.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c2008.
300 $a294 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
520 $aAs 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.
650 0 $aPolygamy$zUnited States.
600 10 $aJeffs, Warren,$d1955-
650 0 $aMormons$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aForced marriage$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMormon fundamentalism$zUnited States.
610 20 $aFundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2008006670-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2008006670-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2008006670-s.html