Book
In search of the lost 116 pages : encyclopedia of suspects
Publication Information
[Springville, Utah] : Project 116 Foundation, [2022]
Physical Description
432 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Summary
...As of October 2020, there were 192 million copies of the Book of Mormon sold. What readers of that book may not realize is there were 116 translated pages that never appeared in the Book of Mormon. The pages on foolscap paper are known as "The Lost Manuscript". What is intriguing about the lost manuscript is that Joseph Smith, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, wrote in the preface of the 1830 Book of Mormon: 'To the reader--... I would inform you that I translated, by the gift and power of God, and caused to be written, one hundred and sixteen pages, the which I took from the Book of Lehi, which was an account abridged from the plates of Lehi, by the hand of Mormon; which said account, some person or persons have stolen and kept from me, notwithstanding my utmost exertions to recover it again.' The authors have been searching for the lost manuscript which is today recognized as one of the lost American treasures. Our search has not been boring-- quite the contrary. We have found deception, romance, and hatred in what is nearly a 200 year cold case. We have found clues that led to dead ends and conspiracy scenarios that can't be dismissed. Wanting to solicit the help of readers, we have put together information on persons we view as suspects in taking or altering the lost manuscript. Our book is filled with biographies of individuals who were living or had attachments to Palmyra, New York in 1828. Many of them moved beyond New York to other states in the U.S. We believe this book will prove a valuable research tool..." --From a letter accompanying the book, written by author Dr. Susan Easton Black.