True Crime Book Club
Wed, Nov 18
|TCH Reynolds Twp. Library
Time & Location
Nov 18, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
TCH Reynolds Twp. Library, 117 W Williams St, Howard City, MI 49329, USA
About the Event
Join us for a True Crime Book Discussion on Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Reading Room in the Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library. The November book selection is Death's Door: The Truth Behind the Italian Hall Disaster and the Strike of 1913 by Steve Lehto. Copies are available for checkout.
Book Summary
FEATURED IN THE PBS DOCUMENTARY, RED METAL: THE COPPER COUNTRY STRIKE OF 1913. On Christmas Eve 1913, more than six dozen people were crushed to death as they scrambled to flee the second floor of the Italian Hall in Calumet, Michigan. Someone had cried "Fire" at the top of the stairs. There was no fire, but the tragedy permanently scarred the psyche of the region. Was the call of "Fire" a tragic error or a calculated action designed to cause chaos? Inaccurate history is like a computer virus: it spreads exponentially. In this expanded…