Prophet of Blood: The Untold Story of Ervil Lebaron and the Lambs of God

by Ben Bradlee Jr. and Dale Van Atta

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399123717
• ISBN13: 9780399123719
• Release Date: November 1981
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Well researched book about the Lebaron cult

This is the second book I've read about the LeBarons and it is a subject that I'm fascinated by and can't get enough of. What a story this is.Its a story I don't think is totally over. This book was written by 2 reporters who had covered the case extensively when Ervil was still alive. They did their homework and the book is interesting and engaging with a healthy dose of background, not only on the LeBaron family history, but the Mormon church and polygamist splinter groups as well. I stayed up longer than I should have several nights reading this book. The story is laid out artfully and flows easily. I think the authors made one big mistake though. The book only goes up to Ervil's death.I think the authors thought that with him in prison and then dead that the LeBaron cult died too. They make that assumption in the last few pages of the book. They couldn't have been more wrong. What happened in the years after Ervil's 1981 death could fill another book. And it did. I highly recommend that you check out Scott Anderson's excellent work-The four o'clock murders if you want to know the many twists and happenings that occurred after Prophet of the cult of the Church of the Lambs of God died in prison.