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King of Beaver Island: The Life and Assassination of James Jesse Strang

by Van Noord, Roger

First edition

Price: $35.00

  • Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
  • Seller Inventory #: 15939
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Edition: First edition
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 0252014723
  • ISBN 13: 9780252014727
  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press
  • Place: Urbana, IL
  • Date published: 1988
  • Size: 6.5 x 9.5 x 1.25 inches
  • Weight: 1.6 pounds

Book Description

Urbana, IL University of Illinois Press 1988 Hardcover First edition 335pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green cloth with gilt stamped on backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. 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 James".

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