The allure of immortality : an American cult, a Florida swamp, and a renegade prophet / Lyn Millner.

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]

xiv, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Prologue: The man in the bathtub -- The illumination -- Inside the earth: New York, 1869-1886 -- It must be good; It's made by the church -- The watchmen of Chicago -- Opportunity -- The white city -- The homesteader -- Under the canopy of heaven -- Our cosmic egg -- In the outside world -- At last -- Fight -- City of the blessed -- After Koresh -- Florida forever.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-324) and index.