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Wicked Ann Arbor
Contributor(s): Mann, James Thomas (Author)
ISBN: 1609493435     ISBN-13: 9781609493431
Publisher: History Press
OUR PRICE:   $19.79  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi
- Travel | United States - Midwest - General
Dewey: 977.435
LCCN: 2011034749
Series: Wicked
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - Michigan
- Cultural Region - Great Lakes
- Cultural Region - Midwest
 
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Publisher Description:
Ann Arbor is known as a center of culture and education, but that hasn't prevented various tyrants and scoundrels from sullying the sophistication with base and murderous deeds. Revisit the case of Jacke the Hugger," a turn-of-the-century deviant who routinely accosted and squeezed the women of Ann Arbor. In an effort to lure him from hiding, young men dressed as women and walked city streets. In 1903, UM student Albert Patterson disappeared in what was compared to a dime novel manner. Was he kidnapped by the Mexican Mafia? Carried off in a flying machine? Or did he flee because he was promised to marry two women at the same time? The first panty raid is said to have been carried out at the University of Michigan in March of 1952, starting the fad of the 1950's. It even made the cover of Life magazine. This is only a hint of the wickedness to be found in the history of Ann Arbor."

Contributor Bio(s): Mann, James Thomas: - James Thomas Mann is a local historian, storyteller and author in Ypsilanti. His books include Ypsilanti: A History in Pictures; Ypsilanti in the 20th Century; City of Ypsilanti Fire Department 100 Years; Footnotes in History; and Our Heritage: Down by the Depot in Ypsilanti with Tom Dodd. His previous book with The History Press was Wicked Washtenaw County.