American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood by Blum, Howard

American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood

In this masterpiece of narrative history, acclaimed author Howard Blum evokes the original "crime of the century"...
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Author: Howard Blum
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American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood by Blum, Howard

American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood

$33.98

American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood

$33.98
Author: Howard Blum
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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


Author: Howard Blum
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 10/06/2009
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.22w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780307346957

About the Author
HOWARD BLUM is the author of eight previous books, including the national bestsellers Wanted!, The Gold of Exodus, and Gangland. Currently a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, Blum was also a reporter at the New York Times, where he won numerous journalism awards and was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his investigative reporting.


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