First-edition Book of Mormon stolen from Arizona store
USA TODAY
By Jim Walsh
ARIZONA -- For years, Mormon missionaries would come to Helen Schlie's bookstore to have their pictures taken with a first-edition copy of the Book of Mormon. Some missionaries would cry as they touched the rare book, one of 5,000 printed in 1830 after Joseph Smith found the gold plates that he translated into the Book of Mormon, which members of the faith consider to be scripture alongside the Bible. Schlie valued the book at $100,000 when she reported it stolen. She said the book was not insured. [link]
By Jim Walsh
ARIZONA -- For years, Mormon missionaries would come to Helen Schlie's bookstore to have their pictures taken with a first-edition copy of the Book of Mormon. Some missionaries would cry as they touched the rare book, one of 5,000 printed in 1830 after Joseph Smith found the gold plates that he translated into the Book of Mormon, which members of the faith consider to be scripture alongside the Bible. Schlie valued the book at $100,000 when she reported it stolen. She said the book was not insured. [link]