THIS IS TOM CARR'S THIRD BOOK FOR MISSION POINT PRESS on history and/or true crime in Michigan. Before Covid-19 hit, he travelled the state telling many of the stories in his books, and some that aren't, at libraries and service club meetings. He's looking forward to resuming that after the pandemic subsides. Carr is an independent writer and journalist in Northern Michigan who spent 25 years in daily newspapers, primarily the Traverse City Record-Eagle. He's won journalistic awards for his investigative reporting, feature writing, breaking news and humor columns. Carr often covered police, courts and crime. As a freelancer, Carr has branched out into other media and has reported and produced several stories for Interlochen Public Radio and has had his work broadcast on NPR and Michigan Radio, as well. His work has appeared in the Detroit Free Press, the New York Daily News, traverseticker.com, Traverse Magazine and other media. Tom Carr is author of Blood on the Mitten: Infamous Michigan Murders, 1700s-Present, MI BAD: Robbers, Cutthroats & Thieves in Michigan's Past & Present and was a contributing writer for Inside Upnorth, a Traverse City area travel guide published by Mission Point Press. Carr lives and quarantines near Buckley, Michi-gan with his wife, Maria, where they raised their two sons.