{"product_id":"the-book-of-mormon-paul-c-gutjahr-9780691144801","title":"The Book of Mormon: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe surprising career of Joseph Smith's famous book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLate 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 career of the \u003ci\u003eBook of Mormon\u003c\/i\u003e, the founding text of the Mormon religion, and perhaps the most important sacred text ever to originate in the United States. Here Paul Gutjahr traces the life of this book as it has formed and fractured different strains of Mormonism and transformed religious expression around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGutjahr looks at how the \u003ci\u003eBook of Mormon\u003c\/i\u003e emerged from the burned-over district of upstate New York, where revivalist preachers, missionaries, and spiritual entrepreneurs of every stripe vied for the loyalty of settlers desperate to scratch a living from the land. He examines how a book that has long been the subject of ridicule--Mark Twain called it \"chloroform in print\"--has more than 150 million copies in print in more than a hundred languages worldwide. Gutjahr shows how Smith's influential book launched one of the fastest growing new religions on the planet, and has featured in everything from comic books and action figures to feature-length films and an award-winning Broadway musical.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul C. Gutjahr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 069114480X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691144801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.83h x 4.91w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2012 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/22\/2012 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2013","brand":"Paul C. Gutjahr","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988213563647,"sku":"9780691144801","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_05aed61b-9ec3-4cda-bdc8-bfb6f4037d7f.jpg?v=1683293252","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-book-of-mormon-paul-c-gutjahr-9780691144801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}