American Lightning
Author: Blum, Howard
ISBN: 9780307346957
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 06 Oct 2009
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback / softback
For admirers of suspenseful historical narratives such as Erik Larson's I>Devil in the White City/I> and James L. Swanson's I>Manhunt/I>...fans of history-comes-alive yarns such as E. L. Doctorow's I>Ragtime /I>and Kevin Baker'sI> Dreamland./I>..and those who enjoy books centered on a close-knit group of historic figures whose interactions illuminate a key contest of ideas, such as Louis Menand's I>The Metaphysical Club./I>BR>BR>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. br>br>"Hugely engaging . . . has tremendous verve . . . i>American Lightning /i>throws valuable new light on an episode that seems, for us today, particularly pertinent. Terrorism happened here." i>-Los Angeles Timesbr>br>/i>"A fast-moving, skillfully constructed account . . . Blum's style is cinematic." i>-Chicago Sun-Timesbr>br>/i>"Compelling . . . a tense detective story." i>-Seattle Timesbr>br>/i>"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." i>-Dallas Morning Newsbr>/i>
ISBN: 9780307346957
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 06 Oct 2009
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback / softback
For admirers of suspenseful historical narratives such as Erik Larson's I>Devil in the White City/I> and James L. Swanson's I>Manhunt/I>...fans of history-comes-alive yarns such as E. L. Doctorow's I>Ragtime /I>and Kevin Baker'sI> Dreamland./I>..and those who enjoy books centered on a close-knit group of historic figures whose interactions illuminate a key contest of ideas, such as Louis Menand's I>The Metaphysical Club./I>BR>BR>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. br>br>"Hugely engaging . . . has tremendous verve . . . i>American Lightning /i>throws valuable new light on an episode that seems, for us today, particularly pertinent. Terrorism happened here." i>-Los Angeles Timesbr>br>/i>"A fast-moving, skillfully constructed account . . . Blum's style is cinematic." i>-Chicago Sun-Timesbr>br>/i>"Compelling . . . a tense detective story." i>-Seattle Timesbr>br>/i>"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." i>-Dallas Morning Newsbr>/i>
