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5/100Critics
67/100Scholars
Author:
Sally Denton
Publisher:
Liveright
Date:
June 28, 2022
An investigation into the November, 2019 killings of nine women and children in Northern Mexicoâan event that drew international attentionâThe Colony examines the strange, little-understood world of a polygamist Mormon outpost.
What The Reviewers Say
... meticulously researched.
Through a wealth of interviews with members and ex-members of Colonia LeBaron and its sister community, La Mora, Denton respectfully portrays the experiences of its women, seeking to understand why they 'remain within a novel American religion based on male supremacy and female servitude.' The Colony is a riveting work of reportage, exploring the violent interplay of religion, colonization and power..
No stranger to uncovering intrigues and distantly related to the principals in this account, Denton tackles drug cartels, convoluted governments, and a dizzying array of family entanglements, beginning with an unflinching examination of LDS history from its inception by Joseph Smith through its migration westward to Utah and the defection of fundamentalist members to Chihuahua, Mexico, when the official church leadership rejected the practices of polygamy and blood atonement...This is exhaustively researched and riveting..
Riveting, insightful, ripped from the headlines, this should appeal to fans of true crime and of Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven..
