{"product_id":"kidnapped-from-that-land-martha-s-bradley-9780874805284","title":"Kidnapped from That Land: The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamists","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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 community's 263 children from a life of bondage and immorality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKidnapped from that Land\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to bring together the story of the 1953 raid and two previous raids in 1935 and 1944. Martha Bradley tells the story with insight and compassion for the families that were fragmented by the arrests. She also deals with the complex legal issues that persist in both Arizona and Utah, where the practice of polygamy is a felony that is no longer prosecuted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKidnapped from that Land \u003c\/i\u003ewill appeal to those interested in the study of Mormon history, of polygamy, and of western regional and American social history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martha S. Bradley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0874805287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874805284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Utah Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.10w x 0.79d","brand":"Martha S. Bradley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48087033938175,"sku":"9780874805284","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5f8a566-8365-465e-8b05-f65b147095f1.jpg?v=1769097919","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kidnapped-from-that-land-martha-s-bradley-9780874805284","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}