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Great Maya Book
Out of the jumbled text loomed its author's firm conviction that the aboriginal inhabitants of the Americas were, in fact, survivors of the lost Tribes of Israel. But Kingsborough's admirable attempt to prove his belief became his denouement he was cast into debtors' prison unable to bear the staggering expense of his publications. p. 32