TITLE:
American lightning : terror, mystery, and the birth of Hollywood / Howard Blum.
By:
Publication Date:
2008
Publication Information:
New York : Three Rivers Press,
Edition:
1st pbk. ed.
Physical Description:
339 p. : ill.
Geographic Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-335).
Summary:
A tale of murder, deceit, celebrity, media manipulation, and film as propaganda, when the bombing of the Los Angeles Times building in 1910 exposed a deadly "national dynamite plot" by trade unionists to terrorize America with one hundred bombings in a doomed attempt to force capitalism to its knees. The relentless pursuit, capture, trial, and punishment of the bombers made a national hero of master detective Billy Burns, and entangled crusading defense lawyer Clarence Darrow in a reckless, nearly career-ending scheme to bribe witnesses and jurors and throttle justice.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780307346957
