Kidnapped from That Land The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamists

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. Kidnapped From That Land: The Government Raids On The Short Creek Polygamists is the first book to tell the story of the 1953 raid as well as two previous raids. With insight and compassion for the families that were fragmented by the arrests, Martha Bradley reveals the complex legal and religious issues surrounding the practice of polygamy. Kidnapped From That Land is a masterpiece of scholarship and a "window in time" upon one of the more curious and enduring subcultures in America.Bradley, Martha S. is the author of 'Kidnapped from That Land The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamists' with ISBN 9780874805284 and ISBN 0874805287.