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.

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New York : Little Brown and Company, 2020.

1 hold on first copy returned of 14 copies

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Location	Call No.	Status
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies	92 BIOGRAPHY STRANG	Check Shelf
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department	BIOG. STRANG, J.	Storage
Canton Public Library - Adult Department	289.3092 HARVEY	Check Shelf
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department	BIOGRAPHY STRANG, JAMES	Check Shelf
Enfield, Main Library - Biographies	B STRANG	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	B STRANG JAMES	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	BIO STRANG	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction	B STRANG, JAMES	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction	289.3092 HARVEY	Check Shelf
Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department	289.3092 HARVEY	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	ix, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-386) and index.
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 frauds of all kinds. His assassination made front-page news across the country. Harvey tells Strang's fascinating but largely forgotten story, an account of one of the country's boldest con men and the boisterous era that allowed him to thrive. -- adapted from jacket
Subject	Strang, James Jesse, 1813-1856.
	Church of Jesus Christ (Strangites) -- History -- 19th century.
	Latter Day Saints -- Michigan -- Beaver Island -- Biography.
	Beaver Island (Mich.) -- Biography.
	Swindlers and swindling -- Biography.
	Pirates -- Michigan -- Beaver Island.
	Beaver Island (Mich.) -- History.
	Michigan -- History.
	Strang, James Jesse, 1813-1856. (OCoLC)fst00043537
	Church of Jesus Christ (Strangites) (OCoLC)fst00623154
	Mormons. (OCoLC)fst01026314
	Pirates. (OCoLC)fst01064776
	Swindlers and swindling. (OCoLC)fst01140414
	Michigan. (OCoLC)fst01208387
	Michigan -- Beaver Island. (OCoLC)fst01242182
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	True crime stories. (OCoLC)fst01919985
	Biographies.
	True crime stories.
ISBN	9780316463591 (hardcover)
	0316463590 (hardcover)

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