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Total Pages : 14 pages
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Download or read book Sketch of James Jesse Strang and Mormon Kingdom on Beaver Island written by and published by . This book was released on 1892* with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Miles Harvey
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316463582
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)
Download or read book The King of Confidence written by Miles Harvey and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "unputdownable" (Dave Eggers, National Book award finalist) story of the most infamous American con man you've never heard of: James Strang, self-proclaimed divine king of earth, heaven, and an island in Lake Michigan, "perfect for fans of The Devil in the White City" (Kirkus) A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Longlisted for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist for the Midland Authors Annual Literary Award A Michigan Notable Book A CrimeReads Best True Crime Book of the Year "A masterpiece." —Nathaniel Philbrick In the summer of 1843, James Strang, a charismatic young lawyer and avowed atheist, vanished from a rural town in New York. Months later he reappeared on the Midwestern frontier and converted to a burgeoning religious movement known as Mormonism. In the wake of the murder of the sect's leader, Joseph Smith, Strang unveiled a letter purportedly from the prophet naming him successor, and persuaded hundreds of fellow converts to follow him to an island in Lake Michigan, where he declared himself a divine king. From this stronghold he controlled a fourth of the state of Michigan, establishing a pirate colony where he practiced plural marriage and perpetrated thefts, corruption, and frauds of all kinds. Eventually, having run afoul of powerful enemies, including the American president, Strang was assassinated, an event that was frontpage news across the country. The King of Confidence tells this fascinating but largely forgotten story. Centering his narrative on this charlatan's turbulent twelve years in power, Miles Harvey gets to the root of a timeless American original: the Confidence Man. Full of adventure, bad behavior, and insight into a crucial period of antebellum history, The King of Confidence brings us a compulsively readable account of one of the country's boldest con men and the boisterous era that allowed him to thrive.
Author : Elizabeth Whitney Williams
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Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book A Child of the Sea and Life Among the Mormons written by Elizabeth Whitney Williams and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the vivid memoir of a mid-nineteenth-century girlhood spent mostly on the islands of Lake Michigan and the onshore communities of Manistique, Charlevoix, Traverse City, and Little Traverse (now Harbor Springs), written by a woman who grew up to be a lighthouse keeper on Beaver Island and in Little Traverse. Williams was brought up Catholic by a French-speaking mother and an English-speaking father who was a ship's carpenter for entrepreneurs engaged in the mercantile trade to and from these rapidly developing settlements. Williams depicts cordial, even intimate, relationships between her family and the Indians who lived nearby, and describes the courtship and arranged marriage of an Ottawa chief's daughter who lived with her family for an extended period. The major portion of the book, however, is devoted to her eye-witness recollections of James Jesse Strang's short-lived dissident Mormon monarchy on Beaver Island, amplified by stories she heard from disillusioned followers. Strang was expelled from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints after disputing Brigham Young's right to succeed Joseph Smith. Eventually he and his own loyal followers settled on Beaver Island and attracted a stream of new converts; at their demographic peak, the "Strangites" numbered 5,000 strong. Strang saw himself as a prophet and believed the rules he tried to establish were in accord with divine revelations. Williams describes the mounting tensions between Strang's followers and the "gentile" residents who fled the island as Strang's influence grew; incidents connected with Strang's assassination by two former followers; and the ensuing exodus of most Strangites from Beaver Island. She later moved back there with her family, as did many of the earlier inhabitants.
Author : Roger Van Noord
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472084548
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (845 download)
Download or read book Assassination of a Michigan King written by Roger Van Noord and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary life and assassination of a Mormon king on Michigan's Beaver Island
Author : Roger Van Noord
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Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book King of Beaver Island written by Roger Van Noord and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Don Faber
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472121456
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)
Download or read book James Jesse Strang written by Don Faber and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few lives experience a meteoric rise and fall like that of James Jesse Strang’s. An unsuccessful lawyer from upstate New York, he converted to Mormonism in 1844 and quickly entered the inner circle of the controversial new faith’s founder, Joseph Smith Jr. Upon Smith’s assassination, Strang sought to be named his successor as leader of the Mormons. Instead, Strang was excommunicated in 1850, though not before gathering a group of followers, who settled with him on remote Beaver Island in northern Lake Michigan and ordained Strang king of the small enclave. King Strang elicited both ire and stubborn admiration from an ever-growing list of opponents, his actions closely monitored by President Millard Fillmore himself. In 1866, Strang was assassinated, seemingly with the assistance of federal authorities. This captivating new biography by Don Faber recounts the fascinating story of Strang’s path from impoverished New York farm boy to one of the most colorful and contentious personalities in Michigan history. Avoiding the nonsense, misinformation, and twisted facts so prevalent about the man, readers meet the historical Strang stripped of myth, demonization, and popular fancy—a true celebrity of the mid-nineteenth century who both shaped and was shaped by the colorful times in which he lived. This book will appeal to readers interested in the history of Michigan, the nineteenth century, and the Second Great Awakening.
Author : Vickie C. Speek
Publisher : Signature Books
ISBN 13 : 9781560852841
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (528 download)
Download or read book God Has Made Us a Kingdom: James Strang and the Midwest Mormonsvolume 1 written by Vickie C. Speek and published by Signature Books. This book was released on 2020-02-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was polygamy the downfall of the Strangite kingdom or was it something far more ominous and wide-reaching? Vickie Cleverley Speek examines the charismatic figure of James J. Strang and provides a detailed first look at his wives, children, and the Strangite families left behind at his martyrdom. She makes an especially close examination of the practice of "consecration of gentile property" in the Strangite colonies on Beaver Island in Lake Michigan. Were the Strangites guilty of piracy and other crimes, and if so, to what extent? Strang was considered the prophetic successor to Joseph Smith for the Mormons of the Midwest who later formed the nucleus for the membership of what is now the Community of Christ. Today, 150 years after Strang's death, about 100 faithful followers in the United States still await the emergence of another prophet to succeed Strang. In the prophetic tradition of Joseph Smith, Strang similarly excavated ancient metallic plates and translated them into the Book of the Law of the Lord and the Rajah Manchou of Vorito. Like Joseph Smith, Strang instigated polygamy, secret ceremonies, baptism for the dead, and communal living. He also introduced a bloomer-like fashion for women, as well as other innovations. Like Joseph Smith, he had himself crowned king of the world. Where previous treatments of Strang have relied either on inside or outside sources to show either a prophet or charlatan, Speek utilizes all sources, updates the record, corrects previous errors, and shows diverse perspectives. She recounts the turbulent and dramatic events of the 1840s-50s, including the plot to murder Strang and the heartbreaking exile of the Saints from Beaver Island. She traces the dispersion of this once formidable colony of Mormons to the forests of northwest Wisconsin, the far-flung outposts of southwest New Mexico, the hills of Lamoni, Iowa, and to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Author : Joseph Smith (III)
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Total Pages : 880 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: 1844-1872 written by Joseph Smith (III) and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Smith (III)
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Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints written by Joseph Smith (III) and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Smith (Jr.)
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Total Pages : 862 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: 1844-1872 written by Joseph Smith (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Smith (III)
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Total Pages : 874 pages
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Download or read book History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1805-1890 written by Joseph Smith (III) and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 876 pages
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Download or read book 1844-1872, 3rd ed written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michigan Historical Commission
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Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Maps and atlases. Manuscripts in the Burton Historical Collection written by Michigan Historical Commission and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michigan Historical Commission
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Total Pages : 476 pages
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Download or read book Michigan Bibliography written by Michigan Historical Commission and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 476 pages
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Download or read book Michigan Bibliography: Maps and atlases. Manuscripts in the Burton historical collection written by Michigan Historical Commission and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michigan Historical Commission
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Total Pages : 766 pages
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Download or read book Michigan Bibliography: Books, pamphlets, etc. -v.2. Maps and atlases. Manuscripts in the Burton historical collection written by Michigan Historical Commission and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 770 pages
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Download or read book Michigan Bibliography: Books, pamphlets, etc written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
