About this title: In October 1985, three pipe bombs shattered the suburban calm of Salt Lake City, Utah. Two people, a young businessman and a grandmother, were killed and one young man wounded. All three were Mormons, and when investigators began sifting through the evidence, an amazing story emerged that shocked the world and shook the foundations of the Mormon Church! A complex tale of God and greed that has been sold to CBS-TV as a four-hour miniseries.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Onyx Books, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780451401526ISBN:0451401522
Description: not a pretty book, very worn, covers shelf worn, creased & corners curled, spine creased & cocked, some foxing in copy, pages yellowed due to age. Mass Market (Rack) PB, glued binding, 515 pp. Includes b&w photos read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Great reading copy! Cover used and worn but interior tight and clean. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 528 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Onyx
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780451401526ISBN:0451401522
Description: A good reading copy only. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. -, Mass Market PaperBack, Good / read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
"If you're into true crime stories, I think you'll enjoy this book. I read this book ~20 years ago when I was in college. I started it over the winter break and brought it with me back to school. Around midnight one night, a friend of mine asked me for something to read to help him go to sleep, so I tossed him this book. He chewed me out the next day - he couldn't put the book down and was awake until after 5AM."
"This is a true crime story about a series of bombings that Salt Lake City experienced in 1985, when I was two years old. This story, written by two Harvard graduates, delves into the life and lies of one man who single-handedly sought out to change the history of the Mormon church. Mark Hoffman, a devout mormon on the outside but a true closet atheist, learned early in life that that human perception dictates what is true and what is false, not what actually is so.
This story digs deep into the recesses of the Mormon faith and had me questioning, on more than one occasion, how this relatively new religion has gained so much popularity. It is through a bizarre series of events that I found myself emersed in this story, becomming sleuth, detective, psychologist, judge, jury, and forger.
When you read this story, you will, undoubtedly, on more than one occasion find yourself wrapped up in a twisted web that will leave you dumbfounded and on the edge of your seat.
This book contains actual pictures of Mark Hoffman, the victims and their families, and various others who played a role in this twisted story. I recommend that you look at the pictures to get a visual. But, I would not read the captions past where it tells you the names of the people in the pictures."
"I was so interested in reading this, as I only remember bits and pieces of these murders, but the first line turned me off completely. It began with mormon type bashing written as though they authors were in completes with the Sheets and their dead wife/mother. They told how Kathy Sheets felt, what she thought and what she believed. She is dead--they never even met her...I do not feel they have the right to do this--to her or anyone else who is deceased and they have never met. I did read about 70 pages, just to get a brief, if albiet biased, history of the murders, but then stopped. I will just look the incident up on the internet if I want to learn more."
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