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From the private investigator who broke the case against Warren Jeffs, the prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, the book reveals how a sect used sex, money and power—masked as religious devotion—to perpetrate widespread abuse, forced marriages and polygamy. The nonfiction account, a New York Times bestseller, exposes the criminal activities that culminated in Jeffs’ arrest.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Religion & Spirituality/Christianity
Authors: Sam Brower
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