About the Author

MICHAEL FEDO is the author of four other books including 'The Lynchings in Duluth' and 'The Man from Lake Wobegon' and has been a contributor to the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and the Christian Science Monitor. He lives in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, a place named, not surprisingly, for the numerous racoons that used to frequent the banks of Coon Creek.