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Michael Meltsner

Biography

Michael Meltsner is a senior professor of law at Northeastern University in Boston, and the school's former dean. He is the author of recognized nonfiction about civil rights lawyering and the death penalty abolition movement, as well as the novel Short Takes.

Where to find Michael Meltsner online

Website: http://qpbooks.com

Where to buy in print

http://qpbooks.com

Books

Mosaic: Who Paid for the Bullet? by
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 59,160. Language: English. Published: April 9, 2022 by Quid Pro, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Historical » USA, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
A life-changing crime story, 'Mosaic' brings to life the compelling story of the 1960s murder of a charismatic woman doctor who courted danger trying to dismantle a racially segregated healthcare system in a large southern city. A civil rights lawyer -- with more than a personal interest at stake -- fights to discover what happened to her. From the acclaimed author of 'Cruel and Unusual.'
With Passion: An Activist Lawyer's Life by
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 101,930. Language: English. Published: March 26, 2018 by Quid Pro, LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir, Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
Growing up in a Depression battered family, one tangled by a mortal secret, this book tells the improbable story of a leader of the civil rights movement who thought of himself as a miscast lawyer but ended up defending peaceful protesters, representing Mohammad Ali, counseling Lenny Bruce, bringing the case integrating 100s of Southern hospitals, and leading the fight against the death penalty.
Short Takes by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 69,250. Language: English. Published: January 15, 2012 by Quid Pro, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Themes & motifs » Legal, Fiction » Urban
Novel, first published by Random House, about a liberal lawyer's urban journeys in New York, facing the angst of seeing his work undone by institutional inertia and his relationships undone by indecision and the handcuffs of people's expected roles. “...engaging and extremely well written first novel, creates a character of enormous vitality and considerable charm, funny, caring..." --Boston Globe
Cruel and Unusual: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment by
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 108,210. Language: English. Published: July 24, 2011 by Quid Pro, LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Law » Biography, Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
True, gripping 1st-person account of how a small band of determined lawyers, in a 9-year campaign in courts and the public, abolished the death penalty in the U.S. Their plan was as bold as the attempt to land on the moon. And while the victory was as impermanent as man's presence on the moon, the personal tale resonates with readers (not just lawyers or students) today. New Foreword and Preface.

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