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American lightning : terror, mystery, movie-making, and the crime of the century / Howard Blum

By:

Blum, Howard, , 1948-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Crown Publishers , c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780307346940

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

364.1523 BLU

LOC classification:

HV6640 .B58 2008

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. Meanwhile, the events inspired D.W. Griffith to make his groundbreaking film The Birth of a Nation.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	364.1523 BLU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		046012

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-335).

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. Meanwhile, the events inspired D.W. Griffith to make his groundbreaking film The Birth of a Nation.

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