of the Nephites appear to aid those in need before miraculously disappearing. The Three Nephites provide a range of assistance, from protecting missionaries and children faced with danger to more domestic tasks like plowing fields, or fixing a widow's furnace. In his 1947 dissertation, Hector Lee classified one hundred-fifty accounts of Three Nephite sightings according to a few major motifs, largely dealing with the purpose of their appearances. There are those involving food (a motif especially common in pioneer times when food was scarce), healing, delivery of a divine message or provision of spiritual uplift, assistance to those engaged in missionary work, and rescue. Another common motif Lee mentions is the speed at which they travel, as they are reported to cover great distances in very little time, and the suddenness with which they are able to appear and disappear. In Mormon art Literature "The Giant of Washington Flatt" by Juanita Brooks, in which a young boy leads his neighborhood to believe that the Three Nephites have visited them. The Giant Joshua by Maurine Whipple, a popular novel detailing polygamy and pioneer life in Utah's Dixie. A House of Many Rooms by Rodello Hunter, telling the story of an early Mormon family. "Sanctified, in the Flesh" by Brian Evenson, in which a Mormon couple is held up, robbed, and eventually murdered by three men whom they mistakenly believe to be the Three Nephites. "American Trinity" by David G. Pace, which interprets the story of the Three Nephites in modern times, narrated by one of the three who has grown weary of his calling and lost his faith. "Parables from the New World" by Todd Robert Petersen "Garden of Legion" by David J. West "The Last Nephite" by Neil Chandler "They Did Go Forth" by Maurine Whipple, telling the story of a woman and her sick child who were visited by one of the Three Nephites, at the same time as her husband on an LDS church mission in England. "The Third Nephite" by Levi Peterson, the story of a man who is urged by one of the Three Nephites to abandon his newfound fundamentalist beliefs. "Wild Sage" by Phyllis Barber, in which a mother agonizing over her decision to keep her son's secret is visited and consoled by the Three Nephites. Tennis Shoes Adventure Series by Chris Heimerdinger "Christina" by Angela Hallstrom, a pioneer ancestry story taking place in the