The Book of Mormon: A Biography

by Paul C. Gutjahr

Book Overview

The surprising career of Joseph Smith's famous book

Late one night in 1823 Joseph Smith, Jr., was reportedly visited in his family's farmhouse in upstate New York by an angel named Moroni. According to Smith, Moroni told him of a buried stack of gold plates that were inscribed with a history of the Americas' ancient peoples, and which would restore the pure Gospel message as Jesus had delivered it to them. Thus began the unlikely...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069114480X
• ISBN13: 9780691144801
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.9" x 7.8"