“I was drawn to the story because it is legend in the Copper Country; as long as I can remember, we’d always known of it. It wasn’t until I revisited the topic as an adult that I realized how little was actually known of the event.”

STEVE LEHTO

Steve Lehto is a writer, historian, and attorney of Finnish descent. His family has roots in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Lehto’s grandfather, “Pops” Lehto, was dean of Finlandia University, which was founded in 1896 as Suomi College by Finnish immigrants. He currently resides in southeast Michigan with his wife Amanda and two dogs, Milo and Wolfy.

    Lehto obtained a B.A. in history from Oakland University and his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in Detroit, where he teaches consumer protection and trial practice. He previously wrote Bobby Isaac: What Speed Looks Like and A Most Unusual Experiment: Chrysler’s Turbine Car, both published by Tarheel Press, LLC.

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Awards for Death’s Door

2007 Michigan Notable Book

2007 Gold ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year – True Crime

2007 Silver IPPY Award – True Crime

2007 Great Lakes Book Award –  General Finalist

2007 PMA Benjamin Franklin Award –  Regional Finalist