Prisoner for Polygamy: The Memoirs and Letters of Rudger Clawson at the Utah Territorial Penitentiary 1884-87

  • Hardcover
  • Urbana: University of Illinois, 1993
By Clawson, Rudger; Stan Larson
Urbana: University of Illinois, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 256pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Light blue cloth covered boards with a silver stamped title on the spine. Near fine. The edges of the covers are gently bumped. The dust jacket is in near fine condition as well. Rudger Clawson was the first Mormon convicted of violating the Edmunds Law, which prohibited polygamy.

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