Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Fire, the Search and a Town Divided

Chapter 2: The Johnson Clan and the Professional Boxer

Chapter 3: Flames in the Night, Smoldering Ruins and a Massive Manhunt

Chapter 4: “A Hotel, a Livery and Several Stores”

Chapter 5: The Lundeens and the Lindstroms

Chapter 6: A Town in Mourning and a Posse of Farmers

Chapter 7: What Did Mr. Peers Know?

Chapter 8: Albin Johnson’s Biggest Defender

Chapter 9: Gangsters and Hoodlums

Chapter 10: Boozer Hank, Ghost Stories and Urban Legends

Chapter 11: Did the Brothers Do It?

Chapter 12: What Really Happened?

Epilogue

Bibliography

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