{"product_id":"american-lightning-terror-mystery-and-the-birth-of-hollywood-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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307346957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\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":"Default Title","offer_id":44576670515381,"sku":"9780307346957","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c97c9691-398c-4c84-80ba-537215e4e06c.jpg?v=1724176287","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/american-lightning-terror-mystery-and-the-birth-of-hollywood-9780307346957","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}