The Colony--#88 finished

This is a true story about the killings of 2 vehicles loaded with women and children in Mexico.  They are Mormans living there that were traveling between towns there that were hours apart.  The towns are fundamentalist Morman towns where plural marriage is practiced.  The book looks at the history of the Mormans, John Smith, Brigham Young, the Mountain Meadows Massacre and the disavowing polygamy and the split it caused.  I knew Mormans had moved to Mexico but the other books I had read hadn't gone into any details about this.  This book does, it explains some of the towns and the conflicts they have with the local indigenous people and the Mexican state and the drug cartels as well as the internal Morman conflicts.  Really enjoyed the book, lot of information in a short read.  It is confusing because in the polygamist marriages there are so many people with same or similar names that it is hard to keep straight who exactly is being talked about.

There are 5 WL for this book on PBS but not posting now.  I really like this author Sally Denton so might keep or might see if any friends want to read it.