Don Faber: 2 books
James Jesse Strang
The Rise and Fall of Michigan's Mormon King
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
Few lives experience a meteoric rise and fall like that of James Jesse Strang’s. An unsuccessful lawyer from upstate New York, he converted to Mormonism in 1844 and quickly entered the inner circle of the controversial new faith’s founder, Joseph Smith Jr. Upon Smith’s assassination, Strang...
The Boy Governor
Stevens T. Mason and the Birth of Michigan Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
In 1831, Stevens T. Mason was named Secretary of the Michigan Territory at the tender age of 19, two years before he could even vote. The youngest presidential appointee in American history, Mason quickly stamped his persona on Michigan life in large letters. After championing the territory's successful...