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Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder
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by Steve Lehto
Sales Rank: 217512
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Discount: 32 %
List Price: $19.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 272 pages
Published by: Momentum Books, LLC November 1, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1879094770
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1879094772
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Jay Brandow, reporter for Saginaw WNEM TV-5
"The souls of the innocent have finally been set free. Hard work and compassion were the keys to Steve's success in discovering what really happened. The authors tenacity and perseverance will preserve the true story of what happened in copper country's Hall of Horror."
Dr. Daniel Clark, Associate Professor of History, Oakland University
"I learned a great deal about the Italian Hall disaster. I'm impressed with the amount of research that Lehto has done, and his keen eye for the nuance and detail that must be considered when interpreting documents and making historical judgments. The good news is that it's a moving, poignant story. In any event, I enjoyed it, and I appreciate the amount of blood, sweat, and tears that Lehto has put into it."
Reader Reviews
Steve Lehto of suburban Detroit brings to the table a unique set of qualifications: a legal "sharp eye," previous historical writing experience, impressive Copper Country roots & a long-standing, Finnish-American passion for getting to the bottom of the "1913 Massacre" story. Yes, that same "1913 Massacre" written & sung by Woody Guthrie and later performed by his protégé, Bob Dylan ... and also the subject of a great forthcoming film documentary by New York filmmakers Louis Galdieri & Ken Ross. "Death's Door" is, quite simply, destined to be crowned the proverbial "Final Word" about what happened at Italian Hall, Calumet, Michigan, why it's never been officially solved and why it's still such a bone of contention within the local community. Far more than just another "cute little book" about the legendary copper mining center of the Upper Great Lakes, this latest from Lehto adds much to our appreciation and deepens our understanding of the area's history. The author's insistence in keeping the discussion of the incident within the framework of the brutal, bloody 1913-14 copper strike is nothing short of a stroke of genius, resulting in a justifiable, pleasing mixture of up-tempo drama & that ugly-but-necessary touch of meticulous (and all too often, tedious) legalese. But of utmost importance is the author's unveiling of a determined sensibility as he contemplated (and often avoided) the use of mainstream newspaper reports to untangle the mess; as I saw for myself a few years ago during the editing of my own "Calumet: Copper Country Metropolis," Calumet was economically & politically a one-horse town with a one-horse press, period. What we have, in the end, is the first ever book to bring all the aspects of the Italian Hall incident under one cover; and the most important book about Old Calumet to be published in over twenty years. My personal exchanges with the author with regards to some of the details also revealed a gutsy, genuine sense of humility which could have only abetted his desires to "get the facts straight." Steve Lehto, in the spirit of the late John Voelker, is the Real Deal and I hope to hear more from him sometime soon.
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