{"product_id":"american-lightning-blum","title":"American Lightning by Howard Blum","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAmerican Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eby Howard Blum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this masterpiece of narrative history, \u003cstrong\u003eacclaimed author Howard Blum\u003c\/strong\u003e evokes the original \"crime of the century\" and an aftermath even more dramatic than the crime itself—a \u003cstrong\u003eseminal episode in America’s history\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Hugely engaging . . . has tremendous verve . . . American Lightning throws valuable new light on an episode that seems, for us today, particularly pertinent. Terrorism happened here.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Los Angeles Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A fast-moving, skillfully constructed account . . . Blum’s style is cinematic.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Chicago Sun-Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Compelling . . . a tense detective story.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Seattle Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\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.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Dallas Morning News\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50305551860027,"sku":"0307346951","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780307346957.jpg?v=1747684557","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/american-lightning-blum","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}