Author: Larson, Stan, edited by,
Title: Prisoner for Polygamy: the memoirs and letters of Rudger Clawson at the Utah Territorial Penitentiary 1884-87.
Description: Urbana, Univer of Illinois, (1993). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Prison memoirs & letters of first Mormon convicted of violating the Edmunds Law, which prohibits polygamy, provides a unique. perspective of Utah history. Clawson (1857-1943) was a prominent member of the Chuch of Latter Day Saints, serving as a missionary, stake president, apostle, preisdent of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles & counselor in the First Presidency. Himself a product of polygamy, Clawson married in 1882, 1883 & enteredinto a post-Manifesto union in 1904. His memoirs show the pride Mormon polygamists felt at being "prisoners for conscience sake" and include discussions of Mormon doctrines, accounts of daring prison escapes, details of prison life & a husband's sense of frustration at being separated from his plural wife.

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