Jul 16 2020 57 mins 34
0:00 - About Miles Harvey and the focus of his latest book, James Strang 10:52 - Strang is baptized by Hyrum and claims to be the new prophet 24:18 - Moving to Beaver Island and starting a kingdom 29:53 - Elected to Michigan state legislature; Polygamy 36:41 - Assassination plots and pirating 39:28 - Angelic visits, plates, and the various endeavors of James Strang 46:28 - Assassination and the aftermath; remnants of Strang’s kingdom today 55:43 - Ending Questions **Buy King of Confidence** Miles Harvey is the author of the national and international bestseller The Island of Lost Maps and the recipient of a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship at the University of Michigan. His book Painter in a Savage Land was named a Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year and a Booklist Editors’ Choice. He teaches creative writing at DePaul University in Chicago, where he is a founding editor of Big Shoulders Books. See the “Letter of Appointment” from Joseph Smith to James Strang.
