Murder in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Summary: "Explore a collection of 24 legendary murders that spans 160 years of Upper Michigan's history and dispels the notion that murder in the Upper Peninsula is an anomaly"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781626193550 (paperback)
ISBN: 162619355X (paperback)
Physical Description: print
172 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Publisher: Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-172).

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Who Killed James Schoolcraft? -- 2. The Intolerable Tormentor -- 3. Vigilante Hangings -- 4. Stagecoach Stickup -- 5. When Death Comes at Dark -- 6. Menacing Daniel Dunn -- 7. Death -- When the Sun Goes Down -- 8. A Deadly Ambush -- 9. A Staircase to Death -- 10. Slaughter in Seeberville -- 11. The Dance of Death -- 12. "Gypsy Bob's" Revenge -- 13. A Saturday Running Red -- 14. The Senseless Slayings -- 15. Blood Bath in the Big House -- 16. Dynamite Disaster -- 17. Lieutenant with a Luger -- 18. Bloodshed in the Ballroom -- 19. Death in the Wilderness -- 20. An Unsolved Slashing -- 21. Portage Canal Carnage -- 22. Spousal Assassin -- 23. Delusional Defendant Gets Life Sentence -- 24. A Picture-Perfect Plan For Murder.