first edition Hardcover
1988 · Urbana, IL
by Van Noord, Roger
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, (truncated)
From the dust jacket-
"King of Beaver Island provides a fresh perspective on Strang's fascinating history, (truncated)
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