{"product_id":"american-lightning-howard-blum-9780307346957","title":"American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood","description":"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. \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Blum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307346951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307346957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.22w x 0.74d","brand":"Howard Blum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913618784511,"sku":"9780307346957","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7359bbe8-2009-4afc-99ff-d7cbb31059d6.jpg?v=1680621399","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-lightning-howard-blum-9780307346957","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}