Steve Lehto
Finnish North American Literature Association
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Biographical Information
Steve Lehto is a writer and attorney, and teaches in an adjunct capacity at the
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in Detroit. He lives in southeastern
Michigan with his wife Amanda and his two dogs. He has a B.A. in history from
Oakland University and a J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law in Los
Angeles.
Lehto's family has roots in Upper Michigan and specifically at Suomi College.
You can see visit his blog at the following link:
italianhall.blog.com
Pertinent Publications
Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder. Troy, MI:
Momentum Books, L. L. C., 2006.
This book wades through the conflicting views of what really happened leading up
to, during, and after the Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan, where
seventy-three people lost their lives. He locates culpability based on careful
research and documentation, including books, articles, newspapers, archival
material, survivor interviews and other information, providing a more carefully
argued view than is available elsewhere.
Others who discuss this topic include C. Ross from a left position and A. Puotinen
who addresses the intersection of radicalism and religion.
Read a review of Death's Door here. This review is in Finnish.
Steve Lehto is a writer and attorney, and teaches in an adjunct capacity at the
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in Detroit. He lives in southeastern
Michigan with his wife Amanda and his two dogs. He has a B.A. in history from
Oakland University and a J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law in Los
Angeles.
Lehto's family has roots in Upper Michigan and specifically at Suomi College.
You can see visit his blog at the following link:
italianhall.blog.com
Pertinent Publications
Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder. Troy, MI:
Momentum Books, L. L. C., 2006.
This book wades through the conflicting views of what really happened leading up
to, during, and after the Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan, where
seventy-three people lost their lives. He locates culpability based on careful
research and documentation, including books, articles, newspapers, archival
material, survivor interviews and other information, providing a more carefully
argued view than is available elsewhere.
Others who discuss this topic include C. Ross from a left position and A. Puotinen
who addresses the intersection of radicalism and religion.
Read a review of Death's Door here. This review is in Finnish.
