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| American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century | 
 enlarge | Author: Howard Blum
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Category: Book
List Price: £16.33
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 285613
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6 x 1.4
ISBN: 0307346943
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1523097949409041
EAN: 9780307346940
ASIN: 0307346943
Publication Date: September 16, 2008
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A dramatic account of a Progressive-era terrorist case September 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
With the predominance of September 11 in the modern imagination, it is sometimes difficult to remember that Americans have dealt with terrorism before. At the start of the last century, the nation experienced a succession of bomb attacks, one of the deadliest of which took place on October 1, 1910 when the offices of the 'Los Angeles Times' were bombed. This attack, and the subsequent investigation of it, is the subject of Howard Blum's book. His narrative focuses primarily on three men whose lives intersected with the case: William J. Burns (the lead detective investigating the case), film director D. W. Griffith, and famed attorney Clarence Darrow, who subsequently defended the accused men.
An accomplished journalist, Blum uses the events surrounding the bombing to open a window into American life at that time. Though his focus never wavers from the investigation and trial spawned by the bombing for more than a couple of pages, his brief digressions add color and depth to the story he is telling. The resulting book reads almost like a novel in some places, entertaining while recounting the dramatic events of the case. This is a book that true-crime fans and people interested in the era will enjoy, both for its retelling of this often-overlooked episode and for the capable way in which it is retold.
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