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02695aam a2200313 i 4500 001 4D5E798805B711E9BFBBA96E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20181222010025 007 n 008 130223s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1591934214 020 $a 9781591934219 035 $a (OCoLC)828484262 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Burgan, Michael. 245 1 $a Famous crimes of Minnesota $h [BOOK] / $c by Michael Burgan. 264 1 $a Cambridge, MN : $b Adventure Publications, Inc., $c [2013] 300 $a 184 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm. 500 $a "Real crime, real people, and it all happened in Minnesota. A bank robbery gone wrong, a murder for hire, the kidnappings of two beer barons -- Minnesota has been home to several notorious crimes. Some were committed by history's most infamous lawbreakers: the James-Younger gang, John Dillinger, Bonnie & Clyde and others. But not all misdeeds have been done by career criminals. Take a closer look at more than two dozen unlawful acts that rocked Minnesota and often grabbedv headlines across the country. Book features: over 30 sensational crimes from across the state; startling details about outlaws, gangsters, thugs -- and the everyday heroes who stopped them; crimes from 1859 through modern times; photographs and sidebars to supplement these shocking true crimes"--Page four of cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-178) and index. 505 $a 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. 541 $d 20180918. 650 $a Crime $z Minnesota $x History. 651 7 $a Minnesota. 655 7 $a History. 700 $a Adventure Publications (Firm : Cambridge), Minn.), $e publisher. 941 $a 1 952 $l WXPD305 $d 20181222011317.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4D5E798805B711E9BFBBA96E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search