Editing A Study in Scarlet (section)

==Depiction of Mormonism==
According to a Salt Lake City newspaper article, when Conan Doyle was asked about his depiction of the Latter-day Saints' organisation as being steeped in [[kidnapping]], murder and enslavement, he said: "all I said about the [[Danite]] Band and the murders is historical so I cannot withdraw that, though it is likely that in a work of fiction it is stated more luridly than in a work of history. It's best to let the matter rest."<ref name=Schindler>{{citation |first= Harold |last= Schindler |author-link= Harold Schindler |date= 10 April 1994 |title= The Case Of The Repentant Writer: Sherlock Homes' Creator Raises The Wrath Of Mormons |newspaper= [[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |page= D1 |id= Archive Article ID: 101185DCD718AD35 ([[NewsBank]])}}. [http://historytogo.utah.gov/salt_lake_tribune/in_another_time/041094.html Online reprint] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923063139/http://historytogo.utah.gov/salt_lake_tribune/in_another_time/041094.html |date=23 September 2006 }} [https://heritage.utah.gov/tag/the-case-of-the-repentant-writer Online reprint] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923063139/http://historytogo.utah.gov/salt_lake_tribune/in_another_time/041094.html |date=23 September 2006 }}, with permission, at HistoryToGo.utah.gov by the Utah Division of State History, Utah Department of Heritage and Arts, State of Utah.</ref> Conan Doyle's daughter has stated: "You know, father would be the first to admit that his first Sherlock Holmes novel was full of errors about the Mormons."<ref name=Schindler /> Historians speculate that "Conan Doyle, a voracious reader, would have access to books by [[Fanny Stenhouse|Fannie Stenhouse]], [[Wild Bill Hickman|William A. Hickman]], William Jarman, [[Hyde v Hyde|John Hyde]] and [[Ann Eliza Young]], among others",<ref name=Schindler /> in explaining the author's early perspective on Mormonism.

Years after Conan Doyle's death, [[Levi E. Young|Levi Edgar Young]], a descendant of Brigham Young and a Mormon general authority, alleged that the author had privately apologised, saying that "He [Conan Doyle] said he had been misled by writings of the time about the Church"<ref name=Schindler /> and had "written a scurrilous book about the Mormons."<ref>{{cite book |editor1-first=Newell |editor1-last=L. Jackson|title=Matters of Conscience: Conversations with Sterling M. McMurrin |year=1996 |publisher=Signature Books |location=Salt Lake City |isbn=1560850876 |page=74}}</ref>

In August 2011, the [[Albemarle County, Virginia]], school board removed ''A Study in Scarlet'' from the district's sixth-grade required reading list following complaints from students and parents that the book was derogatory toward Mormons.<ref>{{citation |first= Aaron |last= Richardson |date= 11 August 2011 |url= http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/albemarle-removes-sherlock-holmes-book-from-reading-list/article_eaf6510a-942c-5941-adb6-e3a0a69cb00e.html |title= Albemarle removes Sherlock Holmes book from reading list |newspaper= [[The Daily Progress]] }}</ref><ref>{{citation | author-link = Kindelan|first= Katie |last= Kindelan |date= 12 August 2011 |title= Virginia School District Deletes Sherlock Holmes Novel From 6th Grade for 'Anti-Mormon' Portrayal |url= https://abcnews.go.com/US/virginia-school-district-deletes-sherlock-holmes-6th-grade/story?id=14289890&singlePage=true |work= [[ABC World News]] |publisher= [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] }}</ref> It was moved to the reading lists for the tenth-graders, and remains in use in the school media centres for all grades.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esblogin.k12albemarle.org/public_itemview.aspx?ItemId=3290&mtgId=380|title=34 (8.1) Recommendation of Reconsideration for the book "A Study in Scarlet" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|publisher=Albemarle County Public Schools|access-date=18 August 2011}}</ref>