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The Book of Mormon is one of the boldest hoaxes of all time. And millions of people have fallen for it. Co-author, Kendal M. Sheets: Joseph Smith Jr. claimed that an angel gifted him--an uneducated farm boy--with ancient golden plates and the ability to translate their hieroglyphics. From that improbable premise sprang The Book of Mormon and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, with its millions of followers, known as Mormons. In Book of Mormon, Book of Lies, authors Meredith Ray Sheets and Kendal M. Sheets expose The Book of Mormon and the story surrounding its creation as one of the greatest deceptions in the history of America, if not the entire world. The result of twenty-five years of research, Book of Mormon, Book of Lies will alter the course of global religion, finance, and politics. Book of Lies proves that Smith's manuscript, which he published in 1830, is nothing more than cleverly disguised plagiarism of The Travels of Marco Polo, the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World as recorded by his son, histories of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, and travel journals . . . all readily available to Smith. In Book of Lies, Meredith Sheets, a retired petroleum executive, and Kendal M. Sheets, an experienced intellectual property attorney, compare content from historic books with the content of The Book of Mormon. The results are astonishing. For the first time ever, the authors show exactly how the American-born religion of Mormonism and its religious scriptures were created by man and not by God Copyright Page Title Page Table of Contents Acknowledgments 1 The Source 2 Strategies 3 The Real "First Book of Nephi" 4 The Tree of Life 5 Names and Numbers 6 Into the Wilderness 7 A Place Called Bountiful 8 New World, Old Tricks 9 The Rise of the Nephites 10 The Road to Mexico 11 The Land of Zarahemla 12 Preparing for Battle 13 Warriors and Warfare 14 Captain Moroni 15 Jesus Visits the Nephites 16 Mongols on Elephants Invade "The Book of Ether" 17 The Fabled Church 18 Gold Plates and Tablets 19 Strange Caractors 20 How to Fool a Witness 21 The New Religion (Is the Same as the Old Religion?) 22 Spectres and Visions 23 The Prophet's Mother and the Year 1811 Epilogue Notes