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mrtranquility
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Date: June 06, 2014 02:04PM
I read her book, and was so taken with her story. I was also troubled by the stories of her mysterious disappearance.
I read it shortly after my disaffection and was slack-jawed in near disbelief while reading most it, since I was not very familiar with early Utah history. I had no idea about Blood Atonement, MMM, and what a mob boss BY was, etc.
Ann Eliza had a lot of courage to do what she did. We live in the age of information, but at the time with Utah such a isolated place, even a person who might not like Mormons, may have found her story unbelievable. Sometime the truth is stranger than fiction, and it certainly was in her case.
I also recommend "Tell It All" by Fanny Stenhouse from the same period. A woman of equal strength and fiber.
It's always so amazing to me how much history gets left behind. We think we know it, but we don't. Thanks again for dragging the river to find out what really happened to her.
You should drop author, David Ebershoff, a line
http://www.ebershoff.com/about.html in case he has hasn't found out yet (he wrote a fictional book about her). He would be very interested to know.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/06/2014 02:06PM by mrtranquility.