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Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder

Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder

ISBN: 1879094770

Title: Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder

Author: Steve Lehto

KDL Description:

This book explores the enduring mystery and drama surrounding the 1913 Christmas Eve tragedy at Italian Hall in Calumet. After a still-unidentified man falsely cried, “Fire,” more than 70 people, many of them children, were crushed to death in the stairwell amidst the panicked crush to flee the building.

Amazon Description:

Death’s Door is the true account of the tragedy that struck a Michigan copper mining town during a time when a bitter struggle raged between the striking workers and the mining companies. This haunting story continues to be an unsolved mystery today. Lehto conducts all the research to bring you the most accurate account of what songwriter Woody Guthrie called the “1913 Massacre.”