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*Fawn M. Brodie, [[No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith|''No Man Knows My History: The  Life of Joseph Smith'']] (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), Chapter 3.
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*Robert Silverberg, ''The Mound Builders'' (Ohio University Press, 1986), 68-73.
 
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*Stephen Williams, ''Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory'' (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991)
 
*Stephen Williams, ''Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory'' (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991)

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Criticism

Critics claim that Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon to explain local legends associated with the "Moundbuilders" of the Eastern United States.

Source(s) of the criticism

  • Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), Chapter 3. ( Index of claims )
  • Robert Silverberg, The Mound Builders (Ohio University Press, 1986), 68-73.
  • Stephen Williams, Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991)

Response

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Conclusion

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Endnotes

None


Further reading

FAIR wiki articles

FAIR web site

  1. FairMormon Topical Guide: Zelph FairMormon link
  2. FairMormon Topical Guide: Archaeology and the Book of Mormon FairMormon link

External links

  • Diane E. Wirth, "Review of Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory by Stephen Williams," FARMS Review of Books 4/1 (1992): 251–253. off-site
  • John L. Sorenson, "Review of Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory by Stephen Williams," FARMS Review of Books 4/1 (1992): 254–257. off-site

Printed material

  • David A. Palmer, In Search of Cumorah (Bountiful, Utah: Horizon, 1981),82 ISBN 0882907832