{"product_id":"mi-bad-book-tom-carr-9781943995837","title":"MI Bad","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrain robberies, stage-coach holdups, posses, breakouts and shoot-em-ups step out of the darker pages of Michigan's past and spring to life in Tom Carr's \u003cem\u003eMI Bad: Robbers, Cutthroats and Thieves in Michigan's Past and Present\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Great Lakes State has seen more than its share of sensational crimes in the last couple of centuries. \u003cem\u003eMI Bad \u003c\/em\u003eshines a searchlight on several of the most jaw-dropping capers and rogues, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A couple of 1880s prostitution procurers who roll drunken lumberjacks for their wages in a whorehouse and bury bodies in shallow graves. The two die drunk and destitute in a freezing shack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Baby Face Nelson gets his big-time career start -- with an actual baby -- in a bank holdup in Depression-era Grand Haven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A 1970s, cinema-esque escape from Jackson State Prison that falls apart quickly once outside the razor wire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Train robbing brothers who get away with fortunes all over the Midwest, until one of them puts a bullet in the head of a well-liked Grand Rapids cop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A 1960s cop and a 2010s fifth-grade teacher break bad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Huge posses of armed Michiganders rush out to help -- and sometimes hinder -- a bank stickup. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A 19th Century U.P. boomtown finally has enough of a brothel owner beating the women he holds captive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Plus many more blood-and-money tales of Wolverine-state intrigue, suspense or just plain awfulness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMI Bad \u003c\/em\u003eis author Tom Carr's follow-up to his successful, Michigan historical true crime debut, \u003cem\u003eBlood on the Mitten: Infamous Michigan Murders, 1700s-Present\u003c\/em\u003e, also published by Mission Point Press\/Chandler Lake Books. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51055412248849,"sku":"NIN9781943995837","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51528008859921,"sku":"CIN1943995834G","price":4.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1943995834.jpg?v=1751380703","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/mi-bad-book-tom-carr-9781943995837","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}