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Author : Roger Van Noord
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0472084542
The extraordinary life and assassination of a Mormon king on Michigan's Beaver Island
Author : Roger Van Noord
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015027234098
Author : Don Faber
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780472052899
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 : Miles Harvey
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780316463584
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 : Roger L. Rosentreter
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472051908
An engaging new history of the Great Lakes State
Author : David Gardner Chardavoyne
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814337202
A chronological history of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, from its beginnings in the 1830s to the present.
Author : Tobin T. Buhk
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-07
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 0811745104
Includes Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance, the Bath School Massacre, the Purple Gang of Detroit, and many more.
Author : Kelly Pucci
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467118224
Michigan established St. Joseph County in 1829. It was a fertile land with an abundance of fresh water supplied by the St. Joseph River. The county's colorful past is the result of forgotten locals and visitors. Hezekiah Thomas fished for diamonds in Corey Lake. Saloon smasher Carrie Nation sold miniature hatchets at the county fairgrounds. The United States Congress recognizes the village of Colon as the Magic Capital of the World, and Lakeside Cemetery is the final resting place of more magicians than any other cemetery on the globe. Author and historian Kelly Pucci digs into the entertaining and often overlooked history of St. Joseph County.
Author : Historical Society of Michigan (1874- )
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Michigan
ISBN : UOM:39015074316764
Author : Jerome Pohlen
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781613746660
Updated and even weirder, this new edition boasts more than 400 unique destinations for tourists looking for attractions off the beaten path. Bizarre locations and landmarks include Chainsaw Gordy’s Garden of Saws, Smokey Bear’s head, the World’s Largest Soup Kettle, the Toilet Bowl Parade, and the world’s only upside-down White House. This book offers fascinating and little-known historical tidbits and answers burning questions such as Where was Liberace born? What is a hodag, and how do you catch one? Who invented the hamburger? and Will a Polka Hall of Fame ever be built? This is the real guide to Wisconsin, birthplace of the snowmobile, the typewriter, and the ice cream sundae. The address, phone number, hours, cost, directions, and website of each oddity accompany its description.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Assassinations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1516 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Assassination
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119605645
Author : Ben Kamin
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781609173432
A tragic landmark in the civil rights movement, the Lorraine Motel in Memphis is best known for what occurred there on April 4, 1968. As he stood on the balcony of Room 306, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, ending a golden age of nonviolent resistance, and sparking riots in more than one hundred cities. Formerly a seedy, segregated motel, and prior to that a brothel, the motel quickly achieved the status of national shrine. The motel attracts a variety of pilgrims—white politicians seeking photo ops, aging civil rights leaders, New Age musicians, and visitors to its current incarnation, the National Civil Rights Museum. A moving and emotional account that comprises a panorama of voices, Room 306 is an important oral history unlike any other.
Author : Anna von der Goltz,Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107165427
For historians of social movements, this text explores 1960s and 1970s conservative political activism in the US and Western Europe.
Author : Amberrose Hammond
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614234111
Stories and photos that bring the spooky history of Western Michigan to life . . . Western Michigan is home to some of the state’s most picturesque places—and also some of its most chilling tales. Ghost story researcher Amberrose Hammond exposes the mysterious and spirit-ridden world of many beloved Michigan destinations as she skillfully weaves narratives of a world unseen by most. From the lingering spirit forever working in the Grand Theatre and the band of melon-headed children prowling the Saugatuck Dunes State Park to the lights of the Lake Forest Cemetery staircase waiting to reveal one’s place in the afterlife, these tales are sure to give pause to anyone daring enough to experience these hauntingly beautiful spots . . . after dark.
Author : Robert Percy Weeks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015008499678