Description

In the 1980's a young Mormon document dealer named Mark Hofmann claimed to find a number of critical papers relating to early LDS history. After the murder of two people in Salt Lake City the police realized the evidence led to Hofmann. The murder investigation unraveled Hofman's complicated forgery schemes.

Table of Contents

SECTION ONE

1. Pipe Bombs in the City of the Saints
2. The Third Bomb Victim
3. An Unprecedented Investigation
4. Matters of Control
5. The Microscope Detectives
6. This Case is Made in the Shade

SECTION TWO

7. One Fold
8. The Boy Who Never Threw Spitwads in Church
9. A College Education
10. The Treasure in a Bible
11. A Boom in Mormon Documents
12. The Birth of the Salamander Letter
13. The "Oath of a Freeman"—A Pot of Gold
14. The McLellin Collection at All Costs

SECTION THREE

15. Mark Hofmann Comes to Court
16. Double Indentity
17. A Question of Ink
18. The Wheels of Legal Strategy
19. Ask Me Your Questions

AFTERWORD
A FORENSIC ANALYSIS
INDEX