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  • THE 19TH WIFE. by Ebershoff, David.
    Ebershoff, David.
    THE 19TH WIFE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, 2008. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, a combination of historical fiction - set in the Mormon culture of polygamy in the 19th century and focusing on Ann Eliza Young, who left her powerful husband and embarks on a crusade to end polygamy - and a modern mystery of murder in a polygamist family in modern-day Utah. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 514 pp. ISBN: 978-1400063970.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some wear to edges of boards)

    Book ID: 84710
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  • RED WATER. by Freeman, Judith.
    Freeman, Judith.
    RED WATER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - "On Sept 11, 1857, a group of 120 emigrants en route to California was attacked and slaughtered by Mormon settlers and their Indian allies. The lives of 17 children under the age of seven were spared. Twenty years later, John D. Lee, a Mormon and a participant in the massacre, was executed by a firing squad at the same spot and thus entered history as the scapegoat for all those responsible for what came to be known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Red Water is the story of the life of John D. Lee as told by three of his nineteen wives." Map. Author's note. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-375-420924.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 57921
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  • RED WATER. by Freeman, Judith.
    Freeman, Judith.
    RED WATER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Pantheon, (2002). First edition - "On Sept 11, 1857, a group of 120 emigrants en route to California was attacked and slaughtered by Mormon settlers and their Indian allies. The lives of 17 children under the age of seven were spared. Twenty years later, John D. Lee, a Mormon and a participant in the massacre, was executed by a firing squad at the same spot and thus entered history as the scapegoat for all those responsible for what came to be known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Red Water is the story of the life of John D. Lee as told by three of his nineteen wives." SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 324 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 59244
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  • RED WATER. by Freeman, Judith.
    Freeman, Judith.
    RED WATER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "On Sept 11, 1857, a group of 120 emigrants en route to California was attacked and slaughtered by Mormon settlers and their Indian allies. The lives of 17 children under the age of seven were spared. Twenty years later, John D. Lee, a Mormon and a participant in the massacre, was executed by a firing squad at the same spot and thus entered history as the scapegoat for all those responsible for what came to be known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Red Water is the story of the life of John D. Lee as told by three of his nineteen wives." SIGNED on the title page. Map. Author's note. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-375-420924.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60890
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  • SISTER WIFE. by Gates, John.
    Gates, John.
    SISTER WIFE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Walker, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Brigham Bybee, who has withdrawn from the routine practice of law and purchased Piute Villa, a motel of decaying teepees in Kanab, Utah, When he is asked to prosecute and imprison the most notorious polygamist in the area, Brig accepts it. But when one of Crowe's six wives turns up, beaten, bloody, and terrified and telling a story of murder and mutilation within the colony from which she's fled, Bybee decides to to go after Crowe for murder - not the show trial those in power wanted. SIGNED on the title page. 221 pp. ISBN: 0-802733638.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82582
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  • HEAVEN'S WILDFIRE. by Jensen, Deana Lowe.
    Jensen, Deana Lowe.
    HEAVEN'S WILDFIRE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Salt Lake City: Artistic Printing, (1984). First edition - A novel of the Idaho territory from 1860 to 1890 where a small pocket of Mormons held onto the code of polygamy. Based on stories told by the author's grandmother, this focuses on the women of that community, who were pulled from both sides, sometimes altruistic, sometimes naive and angry. Illustrated with full page drawings. 305 pp. ISBN: 0-9615793-07.

    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 85956
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  • UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN: A Story of Violent Faith. by Krakauer, John.
    Krakauer, John.
    UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN: A Story of Violent Faith.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - "On July 24, 1984, a woman and her infant daughter were murdered by two brothers who believed they were ordered to kill by God. The roots of their crime lie deep in the history of an American religion practiced by millions." A look into the world of Mormon fundamentalists, who believe that the Mormon Church went astray when it renounced polygamy. Basis for the television series of the same name. Maps, notes, bibliography, index. xxiii, 372 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-385509510.

    Condition: Good in a very good dust jacket (lower edge of rear cover of book bent, but otherwise clean and tight).

    Book ID: 64187
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  • WATCH FOR THE MORNING. by Macdonald, Elisabeth.
    Macdonald, Elisabeth.
    WATCH FOR THE MORNING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set in Utah in the second half of the nineteen century, one which tells the story of two indomitable women - Kate, born in Liverpool, who becomes the wife of a Morman missionary - and her daughter Mary Ann. 270 pp. ISBN: 0-684-145561.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (tear to upper edge of back cover of dj)

    Book ID: 84376
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  • FALLING STAR. by Macdonald, Elisabeth.
    Macdonald, Elisabeth.
    FALLING STAR.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Pocket Books, (1987). First edition - A romantic historical novel set in the Wyoming territory. 375 pp. ISBN: 0-67160290X.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (remainder mark).

    Book ID: 88293
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  • SHARING THE SAME BOWL: A Socioeconomic History of Women and Class in Accra, Ghana. by Robertson, Claire C.
    Robertson, Claire C.
    SHARING THE SAME BOWL: A Socioeconomic History of Women and Class in Accra, Ghana.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    Bloomington: University of Michigan Press, (1990). "A groundbreaking theoretical exploration of the relationship between class formation and gender based on intensive study of the recent historical experience of Ghanaian market women." Photographs, charts and graphs. Prologue, blbiography, index. xv, 299 pp. ISBN: 0-472064444.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 55779
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  • Sacre'-Coeur, Sister Marie-Andreus du.
    THE HOUSE STANDS FIRM: Family Life in West Africa.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Bruce Publishing Co., (1962.) dj. First edition - Translated from the French by Alba I. Zizzamia. - the first book by the author, who was a White Sister missionary nurse and worked for many years in Francophone West Africa, to appear in English. Covers West African family life, customs, education with a special emphasis on the role and importance of African women. Index. xviii, 239 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some rubbing to the dj.)

    Book ID: 36405
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  • Spencer,Clarissa Young with Mabel Harmer.
    ONE WHO WAS VALIANT.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1940. dj. Hardcover - An affectionate memoir of Brigham Young and his household, written by his daughter (his 51st out of 56 children, who was born in 1860). Includes an interesting account of life as a child in the Beehive House, where she lived with her mother, and information on the growth of the Mormon population in Utah with the arrival of immigrants from Europe, etc. Illustrated with photographs. 279 pp.

    Condition: Ex-library with markings and some wear to the blue cloth covers (corners reinforced with cloth tape), no dj, but still a good reading copy - sturdy binding, contents clean.

    Book ID: 37368
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  • Turner, Wallace.
    THE MORMON ESTABLISHMENT.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. dj. Hardcover - Described as 'a friendly, yet frank and critical examination' of the Mormons - or, to use their preferred name - the Latter-Day Saints - as they stand today. Includes chapters devoted to the Mormon doctrine on the inferiority of Negroes and also on polygamy, once a central doctrine of the church, now officially outlawed, yet still practiced. the history of the Mormons in the US is inextricably linked with the history of the westward movement. Illustrated, index. 343 pp.

    Condition: Very good in good dust jacket (chip on back cover of dj, other edgewear.)

    Book ID: 30890
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  • DESERT WIVES: A Lena Jones Mystery. by Webb, Betty.
    Webb, Betty.
    DESERT WIVES: A Lena Jones Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2003). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring private investigator Lena Jones, who helps thirteen year old Rebecca escape from Purity, a polygamy compound in a desolate area straddling the Utah - Arizona border. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note 300 pp. ISBN: 1-590580303.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 69229
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  • DESERT NOIR: A Lena Jones Mystery. by Webb, Betty.
    Webb, Betty.
    DESERT NOIR: A Lena Jones Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery introducing Scottsdale private investigator Lena Jones, a survivor of dozens of foster homes, who becomes involved in investigating the murder of a gallery owner. SIGNED on the title page. 252 pp. ISBN: 1-590580303.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 69355
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