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^ Read # American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood by Howard Blum ½ eBook or Kindle ePUB. American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood michael bisceglia said A great history book that reads like a crime novel. A great history book that reads like a crime novel. The author does a very good job conveying the skills of Billy Burns (America's Sherlock Holmes) and Clarence Darrow. He weaves DW Griffith into the book as well, but that topic seems a little forced. The subject matter is labor against capital in tthe early 1900's and the bombing og the LA Time building.a huge story of the time. You will learn a ton, and be entertained a
| Title | : | American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.10 (589 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307346951 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 339 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-14 |
| Language | : | English |
Burns, crusading lawyer Clarence Darrow, and industry-shaping filmmaker D. 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. "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. Griffith. W
The story is entertaining and thoroughly engaging tale, and will have film and history buffs clamoring for more. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. All rights reserved. This fabulous tale by acclaimed investigative journalist Blum relates the events of October 1, 1910, when the Los Angeles Times building was bombed. America's greatest detective, William J. Mayer reads with an air of old Hollywood: brisk, crisp and always attractive. A Crown hardcover (Reviews, June 9). Luckily, John H. Mayer's narration is equally engaging. Burns, hits the scene to investigate and uncovers a massive plot by labor activists who will eventually be defended by Clarence Darro
michael bisceglia said A great history book that reads like a crime novel. A great history book that reads like a crime novel. The author does a very good job conveying the skills of Billy Burns (America's Sherlock Holmes) and Clarence Darrow. He weaves DW Griffith into the book as well, but that topic seems a little forced. The subject matter is labor against capital in tthe early 1900's and the bombing og the LA Time building.a huge story of the time. You will learn a ton, and be entertained as well!. american ightening great read American Lightening by Howard Blum is a non fiction "Ragtime" so to speak, wih set in the early 20th century with hisorical characters each following their own agendas. In a period where unions represented socialism the L.A Times was determined to destroy the unions. The most radical factions of the unions were determined to destroy with bombs non union projects. The famous bombing of the L.A Times building resulting in 21 deaths culminated in a force that brought together such diverse people as Clarence Darrow, D.W Griffith and th members of the Byrnes detective agency. American Lightening is . "Well worht your time if you enjoy history" according to William Levitz. American Lightning is unusual in the sense that the author ties together a very serious criminal act with the development of the movie industry as well as modern detective work. In addition he follows the careers of a number of well known men who became entwined in the US labor movement and this terrible crime.
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