This is not a book you read--it's a book you study. I strongly suggest keeping 2 bookmarks-1 in the text, and 1 in the footnotes so that you can look them up as you read them. The footnotes alone are a treasure trove of information in addition to the text. , Each topic is addressed by first a prose-style study with references, then followed by the raw documents and their references. I thought this format was very effective. , The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon and the Kirtland Temple Experiences sections were very powerful. There were many details I had not heard anywhere else. The Brigham Young transfiguration accounts are truly impressive. , The only slight disappointment was the 'Joseph Smith Visions' section. Each experience was a short 1 or 2 sentence summary, and you have to go to other sources to get the full account. I suppose it would have added another 100 pages to the book, so I can understand that, but I was hoping for full text of some of the experiences...