Author: Jeff Sauve

Jeff Sauve, an award-winning Minnesota writer and historian, will present his new true‑crime history, Wheels of Murder: The 1896 Bank Robbery That Shocked a Small Prairie Town. The cold‑blooded 1896 heist – second only to the James‑Younger Gang’s attempted Northfield raid twenty years earlier – stands out as the first in which the bandits fled on bicycles and were chased by a large posse for 150 miles across southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. Sauve explores how everyday people become part of the larger sweep of American history. His talk highlights the Norwegian‑American presence in the narrative and the human drama behind the headlines. Signed copies will be available for $20, cash or check.