Sillitoe's fast-paced, accessible history treats internal upheavals in tandem with ongoing skirmishes with outside forces. In this tale of political clout and paranoia, law enforcement muscle, and varying moralities, Sillitoe gives an inside view of the push and shove of competing agendas. In taking on some of society's most vulnerable groups and marginalized individuals, Sillitoe concludes, the ACLU espouses in practical terms the creed of Utah's Mormon majority: "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these. . ."

Linda Sillitoe is a graduate of the University of Utah. As a Deseret News reporter, features editor for Utah Holiday magazine, and a New York Times correspondent, she garnered awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and other news organizations. She is the author of works of non-fiction (Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders), fiction (Windows on the Sea), and poetry (Crazy for Living), and has contributed to several anthologies. She has taught writing on college campuses, co-produced a PBS-affiliated documentary on the Navajo, and published in Exponent II, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and elsewhere.