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  • Fox Cities Murder & Mayhem

    by Gavin Schmitt ...
    Wind through the criminal history of the cities along northeast Wisconsin's Fox River with the author of Milwaukee Mafia as your guide.The safe and sedate Fox Cities have seen their share of horrible crimes. Coldblooded murder, kidnapping, prostitution, organized crime and other misdeeds shocked and appalled not just the community but the entire state. Murderer Porter Ross tried to commit suicide ... Read more

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  • Menominee Indians

    by Gavin Schmitt ...
    Series series Images of America
    In Wisconsin history, no single group has been on the land longer than the Menominee Indians. While other tribes were pushed west by the Europeans and Americans, the Menominee stayed firm and held on to their ancestral homeland. Though their territory has been greatly diminished, there is something to be said about raising a family in the same place as your parents and their parents, going back ... Read more

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  • Milwaukee Mafia

    by Gavin Schmitt ...
    Series series Images of America
    Milwaukee is best known for its beer - and rightfully so. But in the days of Prohibition, the big alcohol suppliers were not Miller, Blatz, Schlitz, and Pabst. The Mafia had control, and it made its money by running alcohol as far away as Canada and Indiana, as well as with counterfeiting, the numbers racket, and two of the biggest heists in American history. From then on, the sky was the limit, ... Read more

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  • Great Lakes Pirate

    The Adventures of Roaring Dan Seavey

    by Gavin Schmitt ...
    Best known for its many natural wonders, Lake Michigan also claims the odd and dubious honor as the home and stomping grounds of "Roaring" Dan Seavey, alleged to be the only pirate arrested on the Great Lakes. Aboard his ship, the Wanderer, Seavey's life at sea (or at lake) entangled him in all kinds of misadventures. The wanton sailor roamed to the wilds of Alaska, engaged in a brisk chase with ... Read more

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  • Neenah

    by Gavin Schmitt ...
    Series series Images of America
    Neenah rests in the heart of the Fox Valley, positioned between Appleton and Oshkosh. The city sits at the junction of Lake Winnebago and the Fox River, which has always been central to its draw for both recreation and business. Flour and paper milling utilized the river�s powerful flow and brought Neenah�s biggest booms. The successes of paper mills such as Neenah Paper, which opened in 1866, and ... Read more

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  • Big Safe

    The Milwaukee Crew and the Reno Redfield Heist

    by Gavin Schmitt ...
    Series series True Crime
    Some say it was the biggest theft in American history. Maybe it was. The multimillion-dollar burglary at eccentric gambler LaVere Redfield's Reno mansion was an endless comedy of errors. A target who hides from cameras and gets embarrassed for his dog. A failed songwriter "mastermind" who can't keep her mouth shut. A safecracker who can't pick a lock. And a convicted killer who allows his ill ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Midwest Vice

    A Chain of Midcentury Sex Trafficking and Murder

    by Gavin Schmitt ...
    This book delves into four interconnected murders, each of them unsolved, in which the common denominator is the underground world of sex trafficking. Using police and FBI records never before made public, underworld links are made between numerous vice centers in the Midwest. What does a small mining town in upper Michigan have to do with organized crime in Peoria, Illinois? More than you might ... Read more

    $11.89 USD

  • Karl Freund

    The Life and Films

    by Gavin Schmitt ...
    Karl Freund is the most important film pioneer you've never heard of. From the silent film era to the rise of the American sitcom, Freund was there at every turn. Countless camera techniques can be traced back to his "unchained camera." His lighting setup for filming I Love Lucy live remains standard to this day. He was the man behind the lens for many influential and award-winning films, from ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Shallow Grave

    The Unsolved Crime That Shook The Midwest

    by Gavin Schmitt ...
    An upright citizen kidnapped in public and dumped in a shallow grave. A police chief’s wife arrested for murder. A mobster kidnapped and threatened by the FBI. And an ongoing corruption probe looking at everyone from the lowest bookie all the way up to judges and prosecutors. What is going on in small town America?This is what happens when you are caught between a rock and a hard place, or the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Murder Capital

    Madison Wisconsin -The Mafia Under Siege

    by Gavin Schmitt ...
    Murder Capital explores Prohibition-era Madison, Wisconsin. Per capita, Madison was the most violent and deadly city in the United States during the 1920s. Along with the usual suspects (bootleggers), Madison was unique in its strong Ku Klux Klan presence. In the background was a prominent judge, overseeing Mafia cases by day, but by night taking illegal loans from these very same criminals. In ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Milwaukee Mafia

    Mobsters in the Heartland

    by Gavin Schmitt ...
    Milwaukee's Sicilian underworld is something few people speak about in polite company, and even fewer people speak about with any authority. Everyone in Milwaukee has a friend of a friend who knows something, but they only have one piece of a giant puzzle. The secret society known as the Milwaukee Mafia has done an excellent job of keeping its murders, members and mishaps out of books. Until now ... Read more

    $9.99 USD