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Under the Banner of Heaven
by Jon Krakauer
A 1984 double murder by fundamentalist Mormon brothers, braided with the history of the faith and its violent fringes. Krakauer's most contested book.
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you want Krakauer on belief and violence.
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Skip it if…
you want the mountain books.
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Three things you will actually use
- Certainty can kill.
- History shapes fringe.
- Report fairly, then judge.
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Read the chapters on the Lafferty brothers.
Our verdict
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