On his Mormanity blog, Jeff Lindsay has soundly refuted a long-abused passage from Lucy Mack Smith's memoirs:
Joseph the Amusing Teller of Tall Tales: Lucy Mack Smith's Puzzling Statement in Perspective
Jonathan Neville makes a guest appearance in the comments section. To see that he cannot be taken seriously on anything, see, for e.g.
Gregory L. Smith, “From the Sea East Even to the Sea West”: Thoughts on a Proposed Book of Mormon Chiasm Describing Geography in Alma 22:27
Matthew Roper, The Treason of the Geographers: Mythical “Mesoamerican” Conspiracy and the Book of Mormon
Idem, John Bernhisel’s Gift to a Prophet: Incidents of Travel in Central America and the Book of Mormon
Matthew Roper, Paul Fields, and Larry Bassist, Zarahemla Revisited: Neville’s Newest Novel
Joseph the Amusing Teller of Tall Tales: Lucy Mack Smith's Puzzling Statement in Perspective
Jonathan Neville makes a guest appearance in the comments section. To see that he cannot be taken seriously on anything, see, for e.g.
Gregory L. Smith, “From the Sea East Even to the Sea West”: Thoughts on a Proposed Book of Mormon Chiasm Describing Geography in Alma 22:27
Matthew Roper, The Treason of the Geographers: Mythical “Mesoamerican” Conspiracy and the Book of Mormon
Idem, John Bernhisel’s Gift to a Prophet: Incidents of Travel in Central America and the Book of Mormon
Matthew Roper, Paul Fields, and Larry Bassist, Zarahemla Revisited: Neville’s Newest Novel