{"product_id":"american-lightning-terror-mystery-and-the-birth-of-hollywood-paperback","title":"American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoward Blum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hugely engaging . . . has tremendous verve . . . \u003ci\u003eAmerican Lightning \u003c\/i\u003ethrows valuable new light on an episode that seems, for us today, particularly pertinent. Terrorism happened here.\" \u003ci\u003e-Los Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fast-moving, skillfully constructed account . . . Blum's style is cinematic.\" \u003ci\u003e-Chicago Sun-Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Compelling . . . a tense detective story.\" \u003ci\u003e-Seattle Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\" \u003ci\u003e-Dallas Morning News\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHOWARD BLUM is the author of eight previous books, including the national bestsellers \u003ci\u003eWanted!, The Gold of Exodus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGangland\u003c\/i\u003e. Currently a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, Blum was also a reporter at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, where he won numerous journalism awards and was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his investigative reporting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.04 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755532157216,"sku":"9780307346957","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/921fbb2a7cfc97e64b4e5803af069fb6.webp?v=1780061429","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/american-lightning-terror-mystery-and-the-birth-of-hollywood-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}