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Beaver Island (Mich.) Biography Beaver Island (Mich.) History Church of Jesus Christ (Strangites) History 19th century Michigan Biography Michigan History Mormons Michigan Beaver Island Biography Pirates Michigan Beaver Island Strang, James Jesse 1813-1856 Swindlers and swindling Biography Women Michigan BiographyMajher, Patricia
Summary: "A series of sketches that chronicle the well-known – and lesser-known – young women of Michigan who achieved great things before the age of 20."--from Good Reads website.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MAJCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult, Call number: J920 MAJHarvey, Miles
Summary: In 1843, James Strang, a charismatic young lawyer and avowed atheist, converted to a burgeoning religious movement known as Mormonism. He persuaded hundreds to follow him to Beaver Island in Lake Michigan, and declared himself a divine king. He controlled a fourth of the state of Michigan, practiced plural marriages, and established a pirate colony where he perpetrated thefts, corruption and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown and Company 2020