It is a history sprinkled with much violence as most religions’ histories are. It shows you the intersect where society and extreme belief can diverge.

The book tells the story of the * of brenda and erica lafferty at the hands of her brothers in law.

The series explores the history of mormonism in the us and the splinter groups who now call themselves * fundamentalists. All the fundamentalist splinter group are explained, especially in the context of polygamy and * roots. A reader forms an opinion...  Read More

Jon krakauer is an excellent journalist and thoroughly researches the subjects he writes about. This one is meticulously researched and gracefully written.

Mormonism is the most successful religious movement in u. S. History. All religions encourage direct communication with god, particularly the *. It is in the * scriptures to this day. It also looks at a time in that history where the flds was created....  Read More

Book is 80% history of mormonism with an ongoing mention of the horrific *. Every * child knows the story although the violence itself is not condoned, however, those same children can eagerly repeat another book of * story where a murderous group cha...  Read More

i find the author insinuating at all that mormons refer to those outside their religion as heathens to be laughable and ridiculous. Fundamentalist mormons are church members who broke from the * church largely due to its two-faced rejection of polygam...  Read More

Jon krakauer is an atheist, something he volunteers at the end of the book, stating that he feels the reader is entitled to know where he stands. The book is analogous to tying david koresh to the vatican. Krak bauer's arguments are not just against t...  Read More