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Publisher's Summary

March 14th, 1919: The editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune receives a terrifying letter from the so-called "Axman". The letter states that the Axman will pass over the Crescent City on St. Joseph's Night, and that he will grant clemency to anyone listening to jazz music. Those who refuse to "jazz it up" do so at the risk of his axe.
The letter could not have arrived at a more volatile time for New Orleans: The "vice district" of Storyville was on the eve of puritanical reform, prohibition was looming, the Spanish flu was raging, veterans of the Great War were returning home traumatized, racial strife was at an all-time high, giving rise to the birth of the Mafia. All of this would set the stage for the Axman's reign of terror.
By spring of 1919, the Axman had already claimed five lives. There were reported sightings of him on a nightly basis; backdoors were found chiseled and scored, axes were reported missing or discovered lying in unfamiliar yards. The police were confounded as to both his motive and identity. As a result families armed themselves and took shifts watching over each other as they slept.
This book follows the story of an interracial couple as they traverse the orgy of jazz and the rampant hysteria of what came to be the night of the Axman.
©2016 Shane McGoey (P)2016 Shane McGoey
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4 out of 5 stars
By John Savoy on 11-11-16

Surprising, dark and funny!

Engaging tale teeming with mystery, macabre and a twisted sense of humor. (Most fun part for me was entering into the mind of the Axeman - surprising, dark and funny!)

Greg Homer's vocal performance sets the perfect scene of darkness, mystery, and suspense.

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By Michael on 11-02-16

Wild romp through hysteric post-Great War New Orleans

Fun, historical story about a little-known serial killer of the Big Easy in 1919-20 who threatened to slay anyone who didn't listen to jazz.

Story centers around hysteria of jazz that ensued and one interracial couple traversing this insanity of fear and revelry.

Tense, suspenseful, clever, and funny!

Recommended for anyone (but not the faint of heart nor children ;)

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