THE KING OF BEAVER ISLAND

Foreword, Notes, Bibliography by Paul Bailey. Octavo, red cloth covers with gilt spine title and blindstamped design of a covered wagon on the top cover. One of 350 copies of which 300 copies were for sale. 43 pages. Frontispiece portrait of James Jesse Strang. Includes bibliography. Originally from Harper's Monthly Magazine, March 1882. Part of the Great West and Indian Series III. Laid in is a sheet, printed both sides, from the publisher advertising this book. No dust jacket, if issued. Small spot on rear cover, else fine. "Strang had joined the Mormon Church five months before Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet, was murdered at Carthage jail, Illinois. With the tragic death of Joseph Smith, Strang attemped to move himself in as Smith's successor. In this he failed to reckon with Brigham Young, who summarily excommunicated him, and branded him fraud and imposter. But this did not stop Strang. While Brigham Young led the church out of Illinois persecution to Utah, Strang led every other Mormon who would listen to him, to his own 'promised land' at Voree, Wisconsin." --from the Foreword. Mormons, Religion, The King of Beaver Island, Wisconsin. Studio

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Publisher: Westernlore Press

Year: (c. 1955)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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