Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on MyNorth.com in 2009. In honor of the coronation of King Charles, we thought it was an appropriate time to rerun this fascinating bit of Michigan ...

Teacher, lawyer, editor, prophet, pirate, state legislator, historian, and "King of Earth and Heaven." These titles all belonged to one man: James Strang. In 1843, the young lawyer and avowed atheist ...

Is the confidence man a quintessential American type? The oleaginous smooth talker who comes to town peddling a treatment, a cure, a miracle, a faith. Miles Harvey tells the story of one man, James ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — This past weekend, King Charles III joined the expansive and historic list of people to lead the United Kingdom, stretching back more than a millennium. Stateside, our ...

If you think America is nutty now, just go back a few generations. In the decades leading to the Civil War, the young republic was riven by passions spiritual, political and religious. As the country ...

Great writers deserve great subjects and Miles Harvey, who has proven himself a great writer in two previous books, has found another subject worthy of his skills. His name was James Jesse Strang, a ...

2020-08-15T15:15:17-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/e24/20200815152753002_hd.jpgAuthor and DePaul University Professor Miles Harvey recounted 19th century lawyer ...

ELLINGTON — James Jesse Strang, an Ellington resident in 1836 and postmaster of Ellington in 1838, will be recognized with a New York State historical marker placed by the historic old horse hitching ...

(RNS) — Before the Civil War, America was rife with prophets. One of the most riveting was one who was raised in upstate New York and had a series of angelic visions, unearthed a set of ancient ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Miles Harvey ...