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	The Great Mormon Conspiracy by Monte and Alta Lyon ISBN: 1-932993-61-4 Religion 372 pages - $25.00   Presented as a dialogue between Grandmother and Granddaughter, Mormon history and its beliefs unfold as never before. Grandmother, convinced of the legitimacy of Joseph Smith, discloses to an inquisitive teen the betrayal and deceit she has uncovered in a forty-year quest for the truth. What unfolds is a complex drama that transformed Joseph Smith’s focus on the eternal into a gospel fixated on the flesh. A transformation paved on a trail of blood that would necessitate the eventual murdering of Joseph Smith and other family members at the hands of his own followers disguised as a mob. A trail that would climax thousands of miles away in a desert where the leader of this deceit, Brigham Young, would bring the United States Government down upon the church by orchestrating the slaughter of a wagon train. Unimaginable brutality for the four thousand dollars in gold they carried that was desperately needed to finance Brigham Young’s obsessions. The story concluded with the self-appointed leader taking his own life rather than facing justice at the hands of a nation who waited patiently with canons aimed at his estate.    Purchase at Borders.com Here  Purchase at Blackwells Here   Alta Lyon As I was born in the Era of the introduction to civilization of the automobile and radio, my world revolved around books that developed into a great “love affair” with history. When scholars and researchers began to introduce me to the fact that a great deal of history, along with that taught in my religious denomination, was fiction a research project was begun that extended into over a forty-year period. This endeavor developed an innate ability to see through the facade of anyone believing they had perfected their Craft beyond detection and produced the manuscript – THE GREAT MORMON CONSPIRACY. Monte Lyon Monte Lyon likes to down play everything believing that if you do your best but expect nothing you are never disappointed with the outcome. Two intellectuals raised him - one with a passion for history and the other with a passion for science. His connection to the world has been mostly through art and a passion for the creative process. Being taught to always be open to all possibilities and desiring to avoid the starving artist syndrome he became a mason and continued his art through the medium of brick and stone. Art has also always been his meditation and in San Diego, California where his business is located, there are plenty of wealthy homeowners willing to fund his creative adventures. He has always shared his Mother’s passion for truth, which eventually necessitated the collaboration that produced this book.