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English
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Old Enough
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Prairie Schooner
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Winter 2010
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84
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no.4
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58-66
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The author recalls her father's obsession with polygamy and his efforts to convert others to polygamy. Her father sold subscriptions for the Idaho Statesman Daily Newspaper, became involved with polygamists from groups in Salt Lake City, Short Creek, and Emmett. Various polygamous leaders would visit their home and evaluate the sisters' eligibility for marriage to older men.