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Against The Tide

By: Debbie Hagan
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  • Corrupt business owners, unscrupulous local politicians, impossible odds and a highly unconventional student body are just a few of the obstacles faced by Lawrence R. Velvel, as he packs up his home of 16 years and heads north to become Dean of a brand new law school in Lowell, Massachusetts. When nothing in Lowell turns out to be what it first appears, Velvel and a handful of law students are forced to choose between giving up on their life long dream, and attempting the impossible. This page turning story of the little law school that did is a classic David and Goliath tale, pitting the working class taxi drivers, bank tellers and contractors with the dream of creating a better life for themselves, against wealthy business men, former US Senators, even The American Bar Association. It is a tale of the everyman overcoming adversity and achieving the impossible. It is a true story. "…an inspiring book…" Howard Zinn "A superb book, more compelling than most novels or movie scripts…" Michael Parenti
    Some rights reserved, 2004-2005. Debbie Hagan
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Episodes
  • Chapter 1, Merrimack Valley, Northern Massachusetts, Part 1 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition

    Chapter 1, Merrimack Valley, Northern Massachusetts, Part 1 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition
    Feb 1 2007

    -In this episode: Chapter 1, part 1 of Debbie Hagan's page turner introduces us to the Merrimack Valley: to the Tyngsboro Fire Department as they battle a suspicious barn fire, to an ambitious local determined to make it big, whatever the cost, and finally to Diane Su
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    27 mins
  • Chapter 1, Merrimack Valley, Northern Massachusetts, Part 2 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition

    Chapter 1, Merrimack Valley, Northern Massachusetts, Part 2 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition
    Feb 2 2007

    -In this episode: Juggling multiple jobs, family and impossible hours is a small price to pay for Diane Sullivan and her fellow students at Commonwealth School of Law. They have one dream... to create a better future for themselves and their families by becoming an at
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    33 mins
  • Chapter 2, The Dean, Part 1 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition

    Chapter 2, The Dean, Part 1 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition
    Feb 3 2007

    -In this episode: "Draft card burnings, anti-war protests, feminist marches, racial riots, and political assassinations punctuated the year 1968". The son of Russian immigrants, Lawrence Velvel matures from a precocious Chicago teenager, to a law professor at the raci
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    33 mins
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