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Shawn Francis Peters's spellbinding story of the""Minneapolis Monster"" details the trial of Harry Hayward-a serial seducer andschemer deemed a ""Svengali,"" a ""lunatic,"" and a ""man without a soul."" His lifestory, told in full for the first time here, unfolds a transfixing tale of oneof the most notorious criminals in America during the Gilded Age.

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The story of Harry Hayward is a portrait both of a genuinely chilling nineteenth-century killer and of a golden American city--Minneapolis in the 1800s--that provides a home to the darkness within us. Shawn Francis Peters does full justice to both light and shadow in this murderous tale. --Deborah Blum, author of The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York At last, a great nonfiction storyteller has given this terrifying murderer the well-researched and vividly written treatment he deserves. The Infamous Harry Hayward places readers inside the disordered mind of a Victorian era killer--and won't let them go. --Jack El-Hai, author of The Nazi and the Psychiatrist and The Lobotomist The Infamous Harry Hayward is a riveting account of a dark chapter in Minnesota history--the murder-for-hire of a dressmaker, 'Kittie' Ging. The 1895 trial of Harry Hayward, a Victorian Era gambler and the murder's criminal mastermind, grabbed lurid newspaper headlines in a case that pitted one brother against another. --John Bessler, author of Legacy of Violence: Lynch Mobs and Executions in Minnesota At last, a great nonfiction storyteller has given this terrifying murderer the well-researched and vividly written treatment he deserves. The Infamous Harry Hayward places readers inside the disordered mind of a Victorian era killer--and won't let them go. --Jack El-Hai, author of The Nazi and the Psychiatrist and The Lobotomist The story of Harry Hayward is a portrait both of a genuinely chilling nineteenth-century killer and of a golden American city--Minneapolis in the 1800s--that provides a home to the darkness within us. Shawn Francis Peters does full justice to both light and shadow in this murderous tale. --Deborah Blum, author of The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

At last, a great nonfiction storyteller has given this terrifying murderer the well-researched and vividly written treatment he deserves. The Infamous Harry Hayward places readers inside the disordered mind of a Victorian era killer--and won't let them go. --Jack El-Hai, author of The Nazi and the Psychiatrist and The Lobotomist The story of Harry Hayward is a portrait both of a genuinely chilling nineteenth-century killer and of a golden American city--Minneapolis in the 1800s--that provides a home to the darkness within us. Shawn Francis Peters does full justice to both light and shadow in this murderous tale. --Deborah Blum, author of The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

The story of Harry Hayward is a portrait both of a genuinely chilling nineteenth-century killer and of a golden American city-Minneapolis in the 1800s-that provides a home to the darkness within us. Shawn Francis Peters does full justice to both light and shadow in this murderous tale. -Deborah Blum, author of The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York At last, a great nonfiction storyteller has given this terrifying murderer the well-researched and vividly written treatment he deserves. The Infamous Harry Hayward places readers inside the disordered mind of a Victorian era killer-and won't let them go. -Jack El-Hai, author of The Nazi and the Psychiatrist and The Lobotomist The Infamous Harry Hayward is a riveting account of a dark chapter in Minnesota history-the murder-for-hire of a dressmaker, `Kittie' Ging. The 1895 trial of Harry Hayward, a Victorian Era gambler and the murder's criminal mastermind, grabbed lurid newspaper headlines in a case that pitted one brother against another. -John Bessler, author of Legacy of Violence: Lynch Mobs and Executions in Minnesota

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Shawn Francis Peters teaches in the Integrated Liberal Studies Program at the University of WisconsinMadison. He has written five books, most recently The Catonsville Nine: A Story of Faith and Resistance in the Vietnam Era.

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