Stolen innocence : my story of growing up in a polygamous sect, becoming a teenage bride, and breaking free of Warren Jeffs

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  • Author: Wall, Elissa
    Contributor:

    Pulitzer, Lisa Beth

    ,

    Raudman, Renée

    Summary:

    In September 2007, a packed courtroom in St. George, Utah, sat hushed as Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, gave captivating testimony of how Jeffs forced her to marry her first cousin at age fourteen. This harrowing and vivid account proved to be the most compelling evidence against Jeffs, showing the harsh realities of this closed community and the lengths to which Jeffs went in order to control the sect's women ...

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, True crime stories
    Original Publisher: [Old Saybrook, Conn.] , Tantor Media
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781400127900

    ,

    1400127904

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DC Contributor

Pulitzer, Lisa Beth

Raudman, Renée

Abstract

In September 2007, a packed courtroom in St. George, Utah, sat hushed as Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, gave captivating testimony of how Jeffs forced her to marry her first cousin at age fourteen. This harrowing and vivid account proved to be the most compelling evidence against Jeffs, showing the harsh realities of this closed community and the lengths to which Jeffs went in order to control the sect's women ...

Genre
Biographies and autobiographies
True crime stories
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[Old Saybrook, Conn.]

Tantor Media

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