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kidnapped from that land the government raids on the short creek polygamists
p 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 communitys 263 children from a life of bondage and immorality . p 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 . p 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 . br
paperback university of utah press 1996 isbn 0874805287
abridged n isbn 13 9780874805284 number of pages 260 publisher univ of utah pr release date 62135769600000