MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2007000177
003 DLC
005 20080227080643.0
008 070104s2007 nyua 000 0aeng
010 $a 2007000177
020 $a1599957191
020 $a9781599957197
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm77573533
035 $a(OCoLC)77573533
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aBX8695.S759$bA3 2007
082 00 $a289.3092$aB$222
100 1 $aSpencer, Irene,$d1937-
245 10 $aShattered dreams :$bmy life as a polygamist's wife /$cIrene Spencer.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bCenter Street,$c2007.
300 $aviii, :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
520 $aIrene Spencer did as she felt God commanded in marrying her brother-in-law Verlan LeBaron, becoming his second wife at age 16. When the government raided the fundamentalist, polygamous Mormon village of Short Creek, Arizona, Irene and her family fled to Verlan's brothers' Mexican ranch. They lived in squalor and desolate conditions in the Mexican desert with Verlan's four brothers, one mentally ill sister, and numerous wives and children--Irene herself bore thirteen. The dramatic story of her life, and her escape to an outside world for which she was little prepared, reveals how far religion can be stretched and abused and how one woman and her children found their way to truth and redemption.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aSpencer, Irene,$d1937-
650 0 $aPolygamy$zUtah.
650 0 $aMormon fundamentalism$zUtah.
650 0 $aMormon families$zUtah.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0713/2007000177-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0745/2007000177-b.html