Book
Famous crimes of Minnesota / Michael Burgan.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781591934219 : PAP
- ISBN: 1591934214 : PAP
- Physical Description: 184 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Cambridge, MN : Adventure Publications, Inc., 2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | A bank robbery gone wrong, a murder for hire, the kidnappings of two beer barons -- Minnesota has been home to several notorious crimes. Take a closer look at more than two dozen unlawful acts that rocked Minnesota and often grabbed headlines across the country. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-178) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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 -- An unsolved mystery -- The angry heir -- A cold case of murder -- Other notable Minnesota crimes: A serial killer strikes -- The 20th terrorist -- The missing slippers -- Stealing big bucks -- Vengeance with a gun. |
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| Subject: | Crime > Minnesota > History. Criminals > Minnesota. |