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Author

Harvey, Miles, 1960- author.

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.

Publication Info.	New York : Little Brown and Company, 2020.
	©2020

Copies

Location	Pub Note	Copy No.	Status
Byron PL Adult Non Fiction - BYLY-14	289.3 HAR		AVAILABLE
DeKalb PL Adult Non-Fiction - DKLY-12	977.4 HAR		AVAILABLE
Harvard Diggins Lib Adult Non-Fiction - HRLY-11	364.163 HAR		AVAILABLE
Homer Twp PL - Main Adult Non-Fiction - HDBB-1	289.3 HAR		AVAILABLE
Kankakee PL Third Floor - KKBB-2	B STRANG		AVAILABLE
Manhattan-Elwood PL Adult Non Fiction - MTBB-2	289.3 HAR		AVAILABLE
Mt. Carroll Twp PL Stacks - MCLY-14	921 STR		AVAILABLE
North Suburban PLD Loves Park Adult Biography - NSLY-11	B STRANG, JAMES		DUE 02-16-23
Rock Island Main Lib Adult Biography - RIPG-1	B STRANG		DUE 02-07-23
Sycamore PL Adult 2nd Floor - SYLY-12	B STRANG		AVAILABLE

Edition	First edition.
Description	ix, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
	text txt rdacontent
	unmediated n rdamedia
	volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	In 1843, James Strang, a charismatic young lawyer and avowed atheist, converted to a burgeoning religious movement known as Mormonism, persuaded hundreds to follow him to Lake Michigan, and declared himself a divine king. This book presents an account of one of the country's boldest con men and the boisterous era that allowed him to thrive.
Subject	Strang, James Jesse, 1813-1856.
	Church of Jesus Christ (Strangites) -- History -- 19th century.
	Mormons -- Michigan -- Beaver Island -- Biography.
	Beaver Island (Mich.) -- Biography.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
ISBN	9780316463591 (hardcover)
	0316463590 (hardcover)