The Romneys and the Huntsmans; The royals of Utah

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Alex Beam, Utah's Hatfields and McCoys; When Huntsman backed McCain in 2008, Romney lobbed the ultimate Mormon insult: 'Your grandfather would be ashamed of you!'  Wall Street Journal, Aug 21, 2015
(book review on Matt Canham and Thomas Burr, Mormon Rivals; The Romneys, the Huntsman and the pursuit of power. The Salt Lake Tribune, 2015)

Quote: "Mitt's great-grandfather was a polygamist * * * Because many 19th-century Mormon leaders had several wives, it isn't uncommon for families like the Romneys and the Huntsmans to be cousins, which they are.  The Huntsman, however, were never polygamists. When the Mormon prophet Brigham Young told Huntsman's great-great-grandfather James to take an additional wife, his great-great-grandmother Mary threw a cup of coffee in Young's face.  'James, you have all the wives you can handle,' was Young's chastened response.

My comment: The book review is interesting and plain--mainly a gossip, because the book under review is a gossip--there is no need to read it.