{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHOWARD BLUM is the author of eight previous books, including the national bestsellers \u003ci\u003eWanted!, The Gold of Exodus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGangland\u003c\/i\u003e. Currently a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, Blum was also a reporter at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, where he won numerous journalism awards and was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his investigative reporting.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892604604690,"sku":"9780307346957","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3cf05598-648a-4919-b3d7-89d0a052acf4.jpg?v=1738197934","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-lightning-terror-mystery-and-the-birth-of-hollywood-9780307346957","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}