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4✨ This is my first read of this book, and I have to say that it gave me peace many times. If you are familiar with the Holy Bible it has different stories that are based in the America‘s following the same teachings, covenants, and providing hope. I struggled with all the names, and understanding the language. It could be repetitive at times stating the same phrase in many verses. Overall, glad I tried it out.

This was a wild true crime book about the evolution of fundamentalist Mormon colonies in Mexico from the 1800s on but with special focus on the LeBaron family and their current issues with narco trafficking. Even Keith Raniere of NXIVM has a cameo. Let‘s just say these Mormon colonies have evolved quite differently than the ones in the US. Interesting audiobook!

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Good account of the Mormon Trail from out of Nauvoo in 1846 through the Handcart painfulness of 1857 and almost to the Railroad era. He does use some questionable sources but mostly it is well written and tries to be somewhat unbiased.

Starting one of Stegner‘s histories I have never read. I mostly like his writing.

I‘ve read a handful of Le Baron/ Le Baron adjacent memoirs over the past few years and I‘ve had mixed feelings about them. In this context, I found this zoomed out, journalistic overview of the history of the Le Baron settlement in Mexico really interesting. A great overview which locates this settlement and family in time and place, in Mormon history and in international, and political relations.

In 2019 in #Mexico, a caravan of women and children were ambushed, with the women and 6 kids killed. This was reported as their being caught in the cartel crossfire, but Denton paints a different picture. All were part of a polygamist offshoot of the Mormons, and the group had a history of violence and disputes in the local community. Really interesting.

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Disturbing. Investigative journalist Denton, a descendant of polygamist Mormons, explores what may have led to the 2019 massacre of nine fundamentalist Mormons (women and children) in Northern Mexico. A well-researched and compelling mix of Mormon history and true crime.

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More exciting #bookmail today! Can‘t wait to read all of these. I love Patrick Radden Keefe, love Mantel and I have high hopes for The Colony. Investigative journalism compared to Under the Banner of Heaven? Yes, please!