Author at Soo Line Museum

Award-winning Bayfield County, WI, author James Brakken will present his tenth book, “Infamous,” at Brainerd’s Sawmill Inn on Tuesday, July 9 at 2 p.m. The program will be repeated on Wednesday, July 10 at 10 a.m. at the Soo Line Depot/Cuyuna Rane Museum in Crosby. These free family events are sponsored in part by the Crow Wing County Historical Society, the Cuyuna Iron Range Heritage Network, the Sawmill Inn, and Badger Valley Publishing.
“Infamous,” Brakken’s latest true-crime novel, delves into the life of the FBI’s 1937 Public Enemy #1, John Henry Seadlund, an Ironton lad who, in desperation, turned to crime. The novel is based closely on 1938 newspaper reports, FBI files, and court documents.