| American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood Contributor(s): Blum, Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307346951 ISBN-13: 9780307346957 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | United States - 20th Century - True Crime | Murder - General |
| Dewey: 364.152 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.22" W x 8.04" (0.57 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Southern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this masterpiece of narrative history, acclaimed author Howard Blum evokes the original "crime of the century" and an aftermath even more dramatic than the crime itself-a seminal episode in America's history that would spark national debate and draw into its orbit master sleuth William J. Burns, crusading lawyer Clarence Darrow, and industry-shaping filmmaker D. W. Griffith. "Hugely engaging . . . has tremendous verve . . . American Lightning throws valuable new light on an episode that seems, for us today, particularly pertinent. Terrorism happened here." -Los Angeles Times "A fast-moving, skillfully constructed account . . . Blum's style is cinematic." -Chicago Sun-Times "Compelling . . . a tense detective story." -Seattle Times "A thumping-good drumroll of narrative history . . . the cross-country manhunt reads like a great mystery novel . . . Blum blows the dust off a page of America's own incendiary past and brings it to pulsating life." -Dallas Morning News |