Description
Table of Contents:
FROM STATEHOOD TO THE GANGSTER ERA
- A Husband’s Slow Death
- A Robbery Gone Wrong
- The Murder of Kitty Ging
- Family Matters
- The Wife Gets It
- The Circus Lynchings
- When the Criminal Becomes the Victim
- A Favorite Madam
- Willmar Bank Robbery
- Snatching Millionaires
- One Who Got Away
- Beating the Rap-As Usual
THE POST-WAR ERA TO THE DAWN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM
- Robbery Leads to Murder
- The Dentist Did It
- The Family That Slays Together
- This Gun For Hire
- One Mother’s Cruelty, Another’s Love
- Racial Tensions of the Times
- Paying a High Price
- A Murder in the Family
- Obsession Turns Violent
- Murder on the Farm
- A Mystery Resolved
- The Angry Heir
- A Cold Case of Murder
OTHER NOTABLE MINNESOTA CRIMES
CHAPTER NOTES
INDEX
About the Author
Michael Burgan is a freelance writer who specializes in books for children and young adults, both fiction and non-fiction. He also has written articles and blog posts for adult audiences that have appeared in newspapers, university publications, and on the Bloomberg website. A graduate of the University of Connecticut with a degree in history, Burgan is also a produced playwright and the editor of The Biographer’s Craft, the newsletter for Biographers International Organization. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Details
- Publisher : Adventure Publications (July 30, 2013)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 184 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1591934214
- ISBN-13 : 978-1591934219
- Item Weight : 8 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.4 x 0.5 x 8.4 inches
weezy –
Bought to replace a copy that was lost or not returned. Very interesting book with lots of facts and pictures. Recommend for anyone interested in MN history.
Sueb –
I can think of more famous murders in Minnesota that could of been in this book but we’re not. It’s a ok read.
Manny T F –
Fun easy read for Minneota crime buffs broken out into short chapters.