Reviews for Minneapolis-St. Paul

The average rating for Minneapolis-St. Paul based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-06-19 00:00:00 Joan Soroka I was lucky enough to meet Paul Maccabee just as he was promoting this book in the early 90s. This is a spectacular trip through the 1920s and 30s back alleys of the Twin Cities, following the both infamous and not so well-known criminals who plied their trades in what was then a criminal haven for both Prohibition and Depression-era gangsters. Maccabee has an engaging, easy-to-read writing style, and the vast amount of research he was able to do is evident in the scope of the work. What I especially appreciate are some of the interviews he managed to get from some of the old-timers involved in the events of the book, in many cases just before they passed away. An extraordinarily enjoyable read, and I recommend it to everyone fascinated with the Midwest bank-robbing era especially.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-01-02 00:00:00 Russell Miller This book is exhaustively researched and is mightily impressive for that reason, Unfortunately, it is also very poorly written. Maccabee has no feel for how to organize his facts. I do recommend John Dillinger Slept Here, certainly, if you are interested in the history of St. Paul, because it is impeccably researched and it is full of fascinating details. It also does give a vivid sense of how wide and deep corruption ran in St. Paul during Prohibition and how vital an effect that had on the careers of Prohibition-era gangsters.