Acknowledgments

This volume is the product of the efforts of many people. I would like to give special recognition to the following and express my gratitude to them.

Contributors. One hundred and eleven authors wrote the articles in this volume. Five of those authors worked as a team to write approximately two hundred short articles on people and places. Because authors' initials do not follow those articles, special appreciation for that service is extended to Carl W. Griffin, Frank F. Judd Jr., Jared W. Ludlow, Kerry M. Muhlestein, and Eric E. Vernon.

Associate editors. The associate editors—Marilyn Arnold, Terry B. Ball, Larry E. Dahl, Donald W. Parry, David R. Seely, and Clyde J. Williams—possess a love for the Book of Mormon and an expertise in it that have made the production of this volume possible. I am deeply grateful for their efforts and endurance over the course of the project. Articles followed by the initials eds. represent combined work by the editors of this volume.

Graphics editor and staff. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel generously used his wide knowledge in gathering the images, securing permissions for their use, and writing selected captions. The graphics staff—Craig Garrick, Karyn Hunter, and Rachel Seely—rendered valuable assistance. I also appreciate the excellent work of D. Kelly Ogden and Andrew Livingston, who created the biblical maps, and of Stephen Hales, who created the concept for the alphabetical division pages and devised the table entitled "Structure of the Book of Mormon." The map "Lehi's Journey: Possible Route" was created by S. Kent Brown, D. Kelly Ogden, and Andrew Livingston. The chart showing the posterity of Jared is adapted from one created by Lynn F. Price.

Office staff. The following individuals checked references and quotations, performed style editing, and offered helpful suggestions: Katie Anderson, Shalene Barfuss, Jennifer Blum, Melissa Boyer, Sarah Jean Carter, Vanessa Christenson, Rachel Cope, Reina Gould, Kristene Largey, Amy McLaughlin, Melissa Nelson, Kimberly Peterson, Angela Rasmussen, and Steven Sandberg.

Reviewers. Reviews and suggestions on various aspects of this volume and critiques of articles, in addition to those made by the associate editors, were given by David Bohn, Kent Brown, John Clark, Peter Crawley, Larry Draper, Richard Draper, Larry EchoHawk, Chad Foulger, David Galbraith, Dana Griffen, Kimball Hansen, Juan Henderson, Paul Hoskisson, Kent Jackson, Boyd Jarman, Clark Johnson, Daniel Ludlow, Robert Matthews, Robert Millet, Alan Miner, Monte Nyman, Robert Parsons, Dana Pike, Larry Porter, John Pratt, Rex Reeve Jr., Vern Sommerfeldt, Calvin Stephens, Charles Tate, Bruce Warren, John Welch, and Fred Woods.

Special assistants. Gratitude must be expressed to Bart Bailey for his legal help in constructing contracts for contributors; to Judy Tolman for reading nearly all of the entries and for looking up and checking every reference; to D. Kelly Ogden for reading the entire manuscript and offering important suggestions; and to Robert L. Millet for his support, advice, and encouragement. Appreciation is extended to Suzanne Brady, senior editor at Deseret Book, for her kind and patient assistance throughout the course of this project as well as for her excellent work with the completed manuscript; to Richard Erickson, art director; Scott Eggers, designer; and Laurie Cook, typographer.