Writing History Is Easy If You Toss Out The Facts
To read more from Daniel, visit his blog: Sic Et Non. The sixth chapter of Richard Lyman Bushman’s book Joseph Smith’s Gold Plates: A Cultural History (New York: Oxford University Press, 2023) is entitled “Fascination: Fiction, Lore, and Psychology, 1860-1910.” The chapter sketches a few representative attempts to explain the Book of