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Abused wives United States Biography Forced marriage United States Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Jeffs, Warren 1955- Jeffs, Warren 1955- Family Mormon fundamentalism Mormon fundamentalism United States Mormon women United States Biography Mormons United States Biography Polygamy United StatesMusser, Rebecca
Summary: A gripping account of Rebecca Musser's struggle to escape the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints led by Rulon Jeffs and his son, Warren, and her subsequent decision to take the witness stand against the new prophet of the FLDS in order to protect her little sisters and other young girls from being forced to marry at shockingly young ages.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B MUSSER MUSJeffs, Rachel
Summary: "In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family and how she escaped it. Born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rachel Jeffs was raised in a strict patriarchal culture...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harperluxe 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 JEFFS, RACHEL JEFJeffs, Rachel
Summary: The daughter of the self-proclaimed prophet of the FLDS Church describes the abusive patriarchal culture in which she was raised by sister wives and dominating men and discusses how her father remains a powerful influence on his followers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 JEFCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JEFFS, RACHEL JEFWall, Elissa.
Summary: Elissa Wall details her life growing up in the polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints religious sect, being forced into an unwanted marriage at the age of 14, and her courage to testify against FLDS leader Warren Jeffs.--From publisher description.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WALL, ELISSA WALBrower, Sam.
Summary: From the private investigator who cracked open the case that led to the arrest of Warren Jeffs, the maniacal prophet of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), comes the page-turning, horrifying story of how a rogue sect used sex, money, and power disguised under a fac̦ade of religion to further criminal activities and a madman's vision.--Bookjacket flap.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New York 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.33 BROSingular, Stephen.
Summary: As the self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, a sect of Mormonism based in southern Utah, Warren Jeffs held sway over thousands of followers for nearly a decade. In addition to coercing young girls into polygamous marriages with older men, Jeffs reputedly took scores of wives himself. The media were shunned, creating a hidden community where polygamy was prized above...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.33 SINWall, Elissa.
Summary: Elissa Wall details her life growing up in the polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints religious sect; forced into an unwanted marriage at the age of 14, and her courage to testify against FLDS leader Warren Jeffs.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2008