The Lost Book of Mormon A Quest for the Book That Just Might Be the Great American Novel |
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Author:
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ISBN: | 978-0-307-94836-6 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Anchor |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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The Book of Mormon a Great American Novel? Avi Steinberg thinks so. In this quirky travelogue--part fan nonfiction, part personal quest--he follows the trail laid out in Joseph Smith's book. From Jerusalem to the ruined Mayan cities of Central America to upstate New York and, finally, to Jackson County, Missouri--the spot Smith identified as the site of the Garden of Eden--Steinberg traces
The Book's unexpected path and grapples with Joseph Smith's...
More DescriptionIs The Book of Mormon a Great American Novel? Avi Steinberg thinks so. In this quirky travelogue--part fan nonfiction, part personal quest--he follows the trail laid out in Joseph Smith's book. From Jerusalem to the ruined Mayan cities of Central America to upstate New York and, finally, to Jackson County, Missouri--the spot Smith identified as the site of the Garden of Eden--Steinberg traces The Book's unexpected path and grapples with Joseph Smith's demons--and his own. Literate and funny, personal and provocative, the genre-bending The Lost Book of Mormon boldly explores our deeply human impulse to write books, and affirms the abiding power of story.