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Kidnapped from That Land: The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamists (Publications in Mormon Studies) by Martha Sonntag Bradley (1993-11-02)

Martha S. Bradley

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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. We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Kidnapped from That Land: The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamists (Publications in Mormon Studies) by Martha Sonntag Bradley (1993-11-02). To get started finding Kidnapped from That Land: The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamists (Publications in Mormon Studies) by Martha Sonntag Bradley (1993-11-02), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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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. We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Kidnapped from That Land: The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamists (Publications in Mormon Studies) by Martha Sonntag Bradley (1993-11-02). To get started finding Kidnapped from That Land: The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamists (Publications in Mormon Studies) by Martha Sonntag Bradley (1993-11-02), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Kidnapped from That Land: The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamists (Publications in Mormon Studies) by Martha Sonntag Bradley (1993-11-02)

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