Predators, Prey, and Other Kinfolk: Growing Up in Polygamy

Solomon, Dorothy Allred

ISBN 10: 0393049469 / ISBN 13: 9780393049466

Published by W. W. Norton & Company (edition 1), 2003

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Synopsis:

I am the daughter of my father's fourth plural wife, twenty-eighth of forty-eight children―a middle kid, you might say.

So begins this astonishing memoir of life in the family of Utah fundamentalist leader and naturopathic physician Rulon C. Allred. Since polygamy was abolished by manifesto in 1890, this is a story of secrecy and lies, of poverty and imprisonment and government raids. When raids threatened, the families were forced to scatter from their pastoral compound in Salt Lake City to the deserts of Mexico or the wilds of Montana. To follow the Lord's plan as dictated by the Principle, the human cost was huge. Eventually murder in its cruelest form entered when members of a rival fundamentalist group assassinated the author's father.

Dorothy Solomon, monogamous herself, broke from the fundamentalist group because she yearned for equality and could not reconcile the laws of God (as practiced by polygamists) with the vastly different laws of the state. This poignant account chronicles her brave quest for personal identity.

About the Author: Dorothy Allred Solomon lives in Park City, Utah. She is the recipient of several awards from the Utah Arts Council and a Governor's Media Award for Excellence.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Predators, Prey, and Other Kinfolk: Growing ...
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (edition 1)
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1.