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Great West and Indian series ; 3Van Noord, Roger
Summary: A skeptical follower of James Jesse Strang once wrote: "No man can serve two masters. You cannot serve a temporal king and a republican government at the same time. The thing is preposterous." And yet, under Strang, such a system survived in Michigan for six years. This book traces the life and assassination of King Strang, the extraordinary Mormon leader who, in the 1850s, created a literal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STRANG, JAMES JESSEVan Noord, Roger
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Illinois Press 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STRANG, JAMES JESSE VAN1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 289.33 VANN
Backus, C. K. (Charles K.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Westernlore Press 1955
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STRANG, JAMES JESSE BAC1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 921 STR
Harvey, Miles
Summary: In 1843, James Strang, a charismatic young lawyer and avowed atheist, converted to a burgeoning religious movement known as Mormonism. He persuaded hundreds to follow him to Beaver Island in Lake Michigan, and declared himself a divine king. He controlled a fourth of the state of Michigan, practiced plural marriages, and established a pirate colony where he perpetrated thefts, corruption and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown and Company 2020