{"product_id":"murder-in-victorian-western-michigan-michael-delaware-9781467170215","title":"Murder in Victorian Western Michigan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the nineteenth century, heinous, bloody crimes shocked Michigan's emerging western frontier. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA farmer, intent on marriage, disappeared after leaving a Leonidas tavern in 1853, culminating in the conviction of three men even though the body was undiscovered. A shooter fatally wounded a beloved sheriff during an 1867 Kalamazoo midnight jailbreak attempt, sparking a nationwide manhunt. The 1897 shooting of a couple in their Van Buren County home famously remains unsolved today. A brutal murder opposite the iconic train deport mortified Niles in 1892, and in 1894, an Okemos woman went mad after losing her husband, poisoned her son and tossed his body down a well. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Michael Delaware unfolds these and other true crime stories and mysteries from Victorian western Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Delaware\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1467170216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467170215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Michael Delaware","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46838467264767,"sku":"9781467170215","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa232fec-34d3-449f-9987-3bc1f68595b4.jpg?v=1746589922","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/murder-in-victorian-western-michigan-michael-delaware-9781467170215","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}