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Storied & scandalous Wisconsin, a history of mischief and menance, heroes and heartbreak, Anna Lardinois

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Storied & scandalous Wisconsin, a history of mischief and menance, heroes and heartbreak, Anna Lardinois

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-181) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Storied & scandalous Wisconsin

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1084676906

Responsibility statement

Anna Lardinois

Sub title

a history of mischief and menance, heroes and heartbreak

Summary

True, shocking tales from Wisconsin's seamy past. Author Anna Lardinois synthesizes well-researched information into cohesive tales of terrible fires, vengeful call girls, famous flim-flam men, and eye-brow archingly suspicious deaths. Meet mob boss Frank Balistrieri and discover the havoc he wreaked. Read the stories of red light districts, rum runners, crimes, and tragedies

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Wisconsin's famously infamous: storied, scandalous, and still talked about -- Dangerous love: sotired, scandalous, and deadly -- Vice in Wisconsin: storied, scandalous, and forbidden -- Organized crime in Wisconsin: storied, scandalous, and mobbed-up -- Peril on the Great Lakes: storied, scandalous, and shipwrecked

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Storied and scandalous Wisconsin

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