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May 1, 2021
I got the chance to spend some time with Alvin Barlow. At 15 years old he was the youngest person left in Short Creek after the raid. His niece gave me this book to help me understand what happened in 1953. It is well written and has a lot of information about the political motivations and the people from Short Creek. After hearing Alvin's story and reading this book I can't help but think the events of 1953 helped set the community up to be mislead by Warren Jeffs.
June 6, 2013
A thoroughly researched and comprehensive report on the Short Creek raids. As a scholarly accomplishment this book should receive a 5 star rating. For my own purposes, however, it was a bit of an info overkill. Some of the information seemed to get in the way of what I was looking for. I did find much worthwhile information and I did come to a greater understanding of the difficulties that occurred with polygamy during this time. I see it as a problem without a good solution.
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