Excerpt from The Cities of the Sun: Stories of Ancient America Founded on Historical Incidents in the Book of MormonThe end justifies the means, so these stories are de signed to increase interest in the Book of Mormon. Hun dreds of books have been written founded on the Bible, and there are some wonderfully colorful accounts of the founding of Christianity in judea, Alexandria, and Rome. It is surprising that more has not been done dealing with the ancient history of the western world. Several of these stories were first published in the Improvement Era, and acknowledgment is made to that magazine for the encouragement it extended to'the author, who traveled twice to Mexico and excavated among the ruins there to gain information at first hand. If any boy or, girl, after perusing these pages, is inspired to turn direct to the beautiful and simple language of the Book of Mormon itself, the purpose of The Cities of the Sun has been accomplished.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.