The late Vernal Holley wrote a book defending the Spalding thesis of Book of Mormon origins (3rd edition online here). One of his more novel "criticisms" focus on his thesis that some Book of Mormon placenames and their geographical relationship to one another was based on the geography around Joseph Smith's home. For a pretty sound refutation of this, see the FairMormon wiki page, "Does the Book of Mormon borrow place names from the area around Joseph Smith's home?"
Update: I just came across the following debunking of Holley's nonsense by a former Mormon who realises that the arguments are utter nonsense:
Popular Book of Mormon Criticism Debunked
Update: I just came across the following debunking of Holley's nonsense by a former Mormon who realises that the arguments are utter nonsense:
Popular Book of Mormon Criticism Debunked
