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Author Harvey, Miles, 1960- author.

Title The king of confidence : a tale of utopian dreamers, frontier schemers, true believers, false prophets, and the murder of an American monarch / Miles Harvey.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2012745~S1
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 95th Street Adult Biography  BIO STRANG    DUE 05-08-24
 95th Street Adult Biography  BIO STRANG    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Biography  BIO STRANG    AVAILABLE
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 Nichols Adult Biography  BIO STRANG    AVAILABLE
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 Nichols Adult Biography  BIO STRANG    DUE 04-14-24
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Description ix, 401 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary "In 1843, James Strang vanished from a rural town in New York. Months later he reappeared on the Midwestern frontier and converted to 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" --Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-386) and index.
Subject Religious leaders -- Biography.
Strang, James Jesse, 1813-1856.
Church of Jesus Christ (Strangites)
Michigan -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 9780316463591
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