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Under the Banner of Heaven : A Story of Violent Faith.
by Jon Krakauer
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0385509510
- ISBN 13
- 9780385509510
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, NY Doubleday, 2003. Hardcover First Edition (2003); Second Printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: The Book shows only minute indications of use; a couple of small, very faint stains at the top edge of the text block; else a bit of crimp to the heel of the backstrip and the binding very slightly cocked, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections only. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to "As New". The DJ shows a couple of faint wrinkles to the head and heel of the backstrip and the slightest tick of wear to the upper corner tips; else flawless; the price is unclipped. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 372pp. Language: English. Weight: 24.9 ounces. First Edition (2003); Second Printing. Hardback with DJ. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
Synopsis
Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. In UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, he shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders. At the core of his book is an appalling double murder committed by two Mormon Fundamentalist brothers, Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a revelation from God commanding them to kill their blameless victims. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this"divinely inspired" crime, Krakauer constructs a multilayered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion,savage violence, polygamy, and unyielding faith. Along the way, he uncovers a shadowy offshoot of America's fastest-growing religion, and raises provocative questions about the nature of religious belief.Krakauer takes readers inside isolated communities in the American West, Canada, andMexico, where some forty-thousand Mormon Fundamentalists believe the mainstream Mormon Church went unforgivably astray when it renounced polygamy. Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the leaders of these outlaw sects are zealots who answer only to God. Marrying prodigiously and with virtual impunity (the leader of the largest fundamentalist church took seventy-five "plural wives," several of whom were wed to him when they were fourteen or fifteen and he was in his eighties), fundamentalist prophets exercise absolute control over the lives of their followers, and preach that any day now the world will be swept clean in a hurricane of fire, sparing only their most obedient adherents. Weaving the story of the Lafferty brothers and their fanatical brethren with a clear-eyed look at Mormonism's violent past, Krakauer examines the underbelly of the most successful homegrown faith in the United States, and finds a distinctly American brand of religious extremism. The result is vintage Krakauer, an utterly compelling work of nonfiction that illuminates an otherwise confounding realm of human behavior.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Black Cat Hill Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54251
- Title
- Under the Banner of Heaven : A Story of Violent Faith.
- Author
- Jon Krakauer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (2003); Second Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0385509510
- ISBN 13
- 9780385509510
- Publisher
- Doubleday,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2003.
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime;
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