Answer Them Nothing, Debra Weyermann
Answer Them Nothing, Debra Weyermann
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Answer Them Nothing
Bringing Down the Polygamous Empire of Warren Jeffs

Author: Debra Weyermann

Narrator: Kate Marcin

Unabridged: 16 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/23/2018

Synopsis

When police raided the Short Creek compound of the Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1953, it soon became a political and publicity nightmare and eventually cost the governor of Arizona his job. From that point on, skittish public officials allowed the polygamist sect to practice its tenants unmolested for the next 50 years and turned a blind eye to child abandonment, kidnapping, statutory rape, incest, and massive tax and welfare fraud.But then Warren Jeffs, a new FLDS prophet, escalated the sect’s crimes to near madness. Activists watched in horror as he used his limitless authority and the resources of a tax-supported community—in essence, a feudal empire on the Utah/Arizona border—to devastate thousands of lives on cruel whims, marrying girls as young as 11 to 60-year-old men and driving off teenage “lost boys” who Jeffs felt threatened his authority.Answer Them Nothing is the chilling story of the victims, activists, prosecutors, judges, cops, and attorneys who in 2001 began the struggle to dismantle the FLDS empire and bring Jeffs and his henchmen to justice. It is a mesmerizing journey into one of America’s darkest corners, a story that stretches over three states and deep into history of the powerful Mormon Church.

About Debra Weyermann

Debra Weyermann was an award-winning journalist who wrote for numerous publications, including the Arizona Daily Star, the Denver Post, Harper’s, and the Santa Barbara News-Press.

Reviews

Goodreads review by ♥Milica♥ on March 09, 2023

This was really good, although it felt a bit long. There was info here that I mostly knew already from other books, but I still enjoyed listening to it. If you don't have time to read all the FLDS memoirs then this book could be a good choice. It cites Fawn Brodie, Eliza Wall, Brent Jeffs, mentions F......more

Goodreads review by Ana on March 08, 2012

Answer Them Nothing / 9781569765319 So you've read "Escape" and "Stolen Innocence". You've read "Under the Banner of Heaven" and "When Men Become Gods". And you came away from those books with a warm sense of relief: Warren Jeffs had been arrested and convicted, and the Short Creek area was being gen......more

Goodreads review by James on March 05, 2012

It's hard to believe this happens in amerika, every day for over 150 years! Why aren't the FLDS cities disestablished and government functions taken over by the county or state? Why are they still allowed to "bleed the beast": living off welfare, food stamps, Medicaid. These men can't support 20 to......more

Goodreads review by Ang on November 09, 2011

How do you rate this book with stars? It's obviously very disturbing. I certainly learned a lot. And I'm weirdly fascinated by the FLDS (isn't everyone just a little fascinated by the whole thing? I think yes.). But I'm not sure this is the best book to really get a sense of what the whole group is......more

Goodreads review by Faith on July 11, 2023

A fascinating and nearly scholarly work on the FLDS community.......more

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