Exploring Book of Mormon lands
Subtitle: the 1923 Latin American travel writings of Mormon historian Andrew Jenson
By: edited by Justin R. Bray and Reid L. Neilson
Contributors: Bray, Justin R., editor; Neilson, Reid Larkin, 1972- editor
Publisher: The Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Deseret Book Company
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Provo, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780842528511
Subjects: Travel; Church historians; Biography; Description and travel; History; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Description: "Described as "the most traveled man in the Church," Andrew Jenson had been a lifelong globetrotter since his emigration from Denmark to Utah as a young boy in 1866. Although Jenson's lifelong interest in the whereabouts of ancient Nephite and Lamanite ruins propelled him to visit the remote areas of Latin American, he returned with a powerful impression that the Latter-day gospel should be spread south, beyond the borders of Mexico. Jenson's letters help readers better understand some of the events and experiences that seemingly led to the twentieth-century reopening of the South American Mission in 1925 by Church Leaders. This book covers this important chapter from Jenson's life and church history, which has rarely been told in over seven decades and is heretofore virtually unknown by most Mormon historians."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-319) and index,
Table of contents: title: The golden state : California, January 1923; title: Mesoamerica : Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, February 1923; title: Narrow neck of land : Panama and Costa Rica, February 1923; title: Andean states : Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, March 1923; title: Southern cone : Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil, March-April 1923; title: Return to Utah : April-May 1923; title: Appendix 1. Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint historian / by Louis Reinwand; title: Appendix 2. Report to the First Presidency on missionary possibilities in Latin America / by Andrew Jenson; title: Appendix 3. Ancient ruins in South American lands held to be evidence of divine authenticity of Book of Mormon / by Andrew Jenson; title: Appendix 4. Andrew Jenson's letters published as "Jenson's travels" in the Deseret News, 1923.