Answers provided by Joseph Fielding Smith, 10th President of the LDS Church, to the questions of readers, in a monthly page of The Improvement Era, under the continuing title "Your Question." Supplemented by material gathered from the files and personal correspondence of President Smith.

This book is the result of 15 years of research by a Mormon scientist. You will enjoy the journey as it takes you through the prophecies that show that Lehi, Nephi, Jacob and Mormon lived within the borders of the United States. See drawings made by respected archaeologists from the 1800’s that show the same enclosures that are described in the Book of Mormon in the Western New York and Ohio regions. Read the statements of historians describing evidence of a more advanced people getting destroyed by a less advanced people in Western New York. The archaeologists and historians call it the Hopewell Civilization. The Book of Mormon calls it the Nephite and Lamanited civilization. Learn the location of the natural features and lands that Mormon so painstakingly described in the Book of Mormon like the north, south east and west seas, Ripliancum, the narrow-neck of land, the river Sidon, the line Bountiful, the land Bountiful, the land of Zarahemla and several other locations. See the launching point of Hagoth’s ships. The book is easy reading and fun to learn from, with references provided for all proposed locations.

Learn about the numerous new developments and discoveries that have come forth in the last twenty years about Mesoamerica and the Book of Mormon. Includes detailed and illustrated map studies of Mesoamerican locations with cities and lands outlined in the Book of Mormon.

Be amazed as the author shows that the location where Book of Mormon History occurred can be found from the descriptions of the region where Mormon lived. You will see that he purposely included his descriptions in the Book of Mormon so that his location could be found. His descriptions are compared with modern day archeological and historical documents showing that Book of Mormon History occurred in Western New York. Statements made by modern day prophets confirming this are also provided for reference. Also statements made by Book of Mormon prophets indicate that they could only have been upon one continent, the United States of America. This is an easy reading book meant to be informative without being technical. The book also shows that historical and archaeological documentation of the Nephite/Lamanite culture have been sitting on library shelves for years. Learn the location of Ripliancum, the narrow-neck of land, the river Sidon, the place where Hagoth launched his ships and many other Book of Mormon land and landmarks.

Using first the Book of Mormon itself, then geologic maps, topographical maps, personal knowledge, and study of the terrain and never before used satellite photos of the area, Vaughn Hansen incorporates the study of tectonic plates, volcanoes, fault lines, and earthquake results to show Book of Mormon geography.