SALAMANDER: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders. With a forensic analysis by George J. Throckmorton

Sillitoe, Linda & Allen Roberts

ISBN 10: 0941214656 / ISBN 13: 9780941214650

Published by Signature Books, Salt Lake City, 1988

About this Item

pp: xiii, (i), 556 with index; 18pp illustrations from photographs, 2 maps. Bound in black cloth and boards, red printing on spine, red endpapers, illustrated dust wrapper. 9.25" x 6" Sad but riveting account of the Mark Hoffman forgeries and murders.

Seller Inventory # 040792

Bibliographic Details

• Title: SALAMANDER: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders. With a forensic analysis by George J. Throckmorton
• Publisher: Signature Books, Salt Lake City
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0941214656
• ISBN 13: 9780941214650
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Books on Books
  • Religion

About this title

Synopsis

The tangled trail of deception and forgery left by Mark W. Hofmann--which ultimately led to murder and shook the Mormon church is revealed

About the Author

Linda Sillitoe is a graduate of the University of Utah. As a Deseret News staff reporter, news features editor for Utah Holiday magazine, and a New York Times correspondent, she garnered awards from the Utah chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and Associated Press. Her non-fiction includes Banking on the Hemingways: Three Generations of Banking in Utah and Idaho, Friendly Fire: The ACLU in Utah, and Welcoming the World: A History of Salt Lake County. She is also the author of a collection of poetry, a collection of short stories, and a novel and has contributed to several anthologies of poetry and short stories. She has taught journalism on several college campuses. She co-produced the PBS-affiliated documentary, "Navajo and American." She lives in Mesa, Arizona.
Allen Dale Roberts is an award-winning architect (Cooper-Roberts Architects) specializing in historical restoration. He is the co-founder of Sunstone magazine, co-editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, and is a contributing author to Religion, Feminism, and Freedom of Conscience: A Mormon/Humanist Dialogue. He has been published in the Utah Historical Quarterly and elsewhere and is the recipient of a Best Article Award from the Mormon History Association. He is a board member of the Utah Endowment for the Humanities and is the Utah Advisor for the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
George J. Throckmorton, an expert in document authentication, was the first to expose Mark Hofmann's forgeries. His analysis is included as an appendix to Salamander. A member of the SLCPD, he serves on the board of directors of the Southwest Association of Forensic Document Examiners and is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.