He Walked the Americas [Hardcover]

L. Taylor Hansen (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Legend Press (1994)
• ISBN-10: 0964499703
• ISBN-13: 978-0964499706
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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44 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Who was this wonderous healer, teacher, miracle worker?, March 18, 2000

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A. Rowle "Cold War Warrior" (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: He Walked the Americas (Hardcover)

Anthropologist L. Taylor Hansen, long fascinated with Indian history and legends, traces legends of Indians of the Pacific and American continent which all seem to include an account of a white bearded healer who visited them anciently (probably during the 1st century) taught each group a philosophy of love, performed miraculous healings, curiously controlled forces of nature and established a Priesthood of 12 elders. After traveling throughout the Americas, he departed by sea from the ancient city of Tula on the Yucatan pennisula with the promise that he would return in the future. Hansen never claims this legendary healer was Christ, but the similarities are remarkable. The Book of Mormon reports that Christ also visited the American continent. It is reported Hansen had never heard of the Book of Mormon when he wrote his account. Interesting read, particularly for those wondering if Christ visited other lands.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing collection of unknown facts in legend form., May 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: He Walked the Americas (Hardcover)

This is an amazing work involving a lot of people who wanted to know more than what we have been told. In error we have been taught much that is conjecture based on no real evidence. The American Indians/Native Americans have a rich history which was not written in ways scholars can understand. Much is verbal in legend form.

The main personage is The Healer, The Prophet, The God of Wind And Water, and many other titles given to him by people long gone but still here thru the continuation of their stories. The stories are now legend, but have a feel of reality about them.

The Healer most assuredly did live and most assuredly did things above and beyond the ordinary. A Healer/Prophet of similar stature lived in the eastern Mediterranean area some 2000 years ago. His efforts were received with mixed reactions. The American Healer/Prophet was reveived enthusiactically almost without exception.

Were these two the same person? The Mormons think so, and so do I even tho I am not Mormon.

It is a book well worth reading for knowledge or for entertainment. It is well written and easy to understand.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He Walked the Americas, August 15, 2002

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Julie Hansen (Tampa FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: He Walked the Americas (Hardcover)

A wonderful book. It is a fact that if a thing is true, proof exists. The problem is to find it. In this book has the truth been found? Did Jesus visit America and its Indians? Do the Indians know that he did? Do they believe in Him? Are there evidences of His teachings here? Do the Indians follow these teachings? It would seem that the answer to these questions is an unqualified yes. The answers are in this beautiful book. This book not only records Indian legends and history it also supports some truths of the L.D.S. Church. For example on page 56 it shows exactly the shaping of the stones into LIGHTS (pages 482,2 and 4 of Thir Ether). A remarkable book.