American Lightning by Howard Blum

American Lightning by Howard Blum

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

HOWARD BLUM has written eight prior books, including the national hits Wanted! and Blum, who is currently a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, previously worked as a writer for the New York Times, where he received multiple journalism accolades and was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his investigative reporting.

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ISBN 13	9780307346940
ISBN 10	0307346943
Title	American Lightning
Author	Howard Blum
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2008-09-16
Number of pages	339
Prizes	Winner of Edgar Allan Poe Awards (Fact Crime) 2009
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