King of Beaver Island: The Life and Assassination of James Jesse Strang
- Hardcover
- Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1988
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 335pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green cloth with a gilt stamped on the backstrip. In the dust jacket, with a very light dampstain to the lower third of the spine and the surrounding area of the rear panel. After the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, a small group of saints headed by James Strang headed north and eventually settled at Beaver Island on Lake Michigan. James Strang ran the island as a personal kingdom even being dubbed "King Strang."
From the dust jacket-
"King of Beaver Island provides a fresh perspective on Strang's fascinating history, including his rivalry with Brigham Young for Mormon church leadership, his coronation, his perennial and often bloody conflicts with non-Mormons in the region, his arrest and trial by the federal government, his remarkable career in the state legislature, his assassination, and the exodus- at gunpoint- of his followers from the island.
From the dust jacket-
"King of Beaver Island provides a fresh perspective on Strang's fascinating history, including his rivalry with Brigham Young for Mormon church leadership, his coronation, his perennial and often bloody conflicts with non-Mormons in the region, his arrest and trial by the federal government, his remarkable career in the state legislature, his assassination, and the exodus- at gunpoint- of his followers from the island.