When Men Become Gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear, and the Women Who Fought Back - Couverture rigide

Singular, Stephen

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ISBN 10 : 0312372485 ISBN 13 : 9780312372484

Editeur : St Martin's Press, 2008

Synopsis

As the head of the fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, a sect of Mormonism based in isolated southern Utah, Warren Jeffs held sway over thousands of followers for nearly a decade. His rule was utterly tyrannical. In addition to coercing young girls into polygamous marriages with older men, Jeffs reputedly took scores of wives, many of whom were his father's widows. Television, radio, and newspapers were shunned, creating an isolated community where polygamy was prized above all else.But in 2007, Jeffs was convicted of rape as an accomplice for his role in coercing a fourteen year old girl to marry her nineteen year old first cousin. After a two-year manhunt that landed him on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, Jeff's reign was forcefully ended. "When Men Became Gods" traces the rise and fall, offering new revelations into the nearly impenetrable world of the FLDS, a place of 19th century attire, inbreeding, and eerie seclusion, providing readers with a rare glimpse into a tradition that's nearly a century old, but that's only now beginning to gain wide exposure.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Features an all-new chapter for this editionNew York Times bestselling author Stephen Singular provides an inside look at the Mormon polygamist sect that made headlines in 2008 for coercing young girls into marriage, and the story of their ruthless leader, Warren Jeffs. As the self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, Warren Jeffs held sway over thousands of followers for nearly a decade. His rule was utterly tyrannical. In addition to coercing young girls into marriages with older men, Jeffs reputedly took scores of wives, many of whom were his father’s widows. But in 2007, after landing on the F.B.I.’s Ten Most Wanted List, Jeffs’s reign was forcefully ended. He would be imprisoned for committing rape as an accomplice.In When Men Become Gods, Edgar Award–nominee Stephen Singular traces Jeffs’s rise to power and the concerted effort that led to his downfall. Newly updated, it describes the controversial 2008 raid on Jeffs’s Texas compound and the fate of the 439 children taken from the sect. It offers readers a rare glimpse into a tradition that’s almost a century old, but has only now been exposed.

Biographie de l'auteur

Stephen Singular is a New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award nominee. His book Talked to Death was made into the Oliver Stone film Talk Radio. Singular has appeared on Larry King Live, Good Morning America, Court T.V., and Anderson Cooper 360.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St Martin's Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312372485
• ISBN 13: 9780312372484
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible