Laurie Lounsbury: Kingdom Forgotten

Laurie Lounsbury is a national award-winning journalist and editor who spent most of her career covering northern Michigan, including Charlevoix, Petoskey, Boyne City, Gaylord and Beaver Island. She has spent a portion of every summer of her life in Charlevoix.

She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she is an exceptionally mediocre singer in a popular dance band.

Kingdom Forgotten is the story of James Strang, self-proclaimed Mormon king of Beaver Island in Lake Michigan.