Prisoner of Zion

Scott Carrier talked about his book, Prisoner of Zion: Muslims, Mormons, and Other Misadventures, in which he chronicles his journey to Afghanistan. Following the attacks on September 11, 2001, Mr. Carrier traveled to Afghanistan to see if he could learn for himself about the people who lived there. He said he discovered that war was not going to be the best course of action, and argued that, like the Mormon pioneers of Utah, military action does not work against religious principles.

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2014 LCV Cities Tour” in Salt Lake City, Utah, from May 4-8 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Comcast Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2. close