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The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch
The King of Confidence A Tale of Utopian Dreamers Frontier Schemers True Believers False Prophets and the Murder of an American Monarch
Author: Miles Harvey
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 purported...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780316463591
ISBN-10: 0316463590
Publication Date: 7/14/2020
Pages: 416
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Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Book Type: Hardcover
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