by Howard Blum (Author)
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 Biography
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.
Number of Pages: 368
Dimensions: 0.74 x 8.04 x 5.22 IN
Publication Date: October 06, 2009
