American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, Movie-Making, and the Crime of the Century (Hardcover) by Howard Blum

from Laurenbdavis

Although I have some narrative quibbles with this book, I did find the subject matter and the reflections of present day issues quite fascinating. AMERICAN LIGHTNING explores the the bombing of the Los Angeles Times Building on October 1, 1910. A crime referred to at the time as "The Crime of the...

from baggman

I'm not one for Historical Narratives, so I wasn't really sure of what I would find in this novel. Turned out it was exactly what I suspected, and why I'm not into Historical Narratives. Even with my initial apprehension I was initially drawn to this novel by the mention of Clarence Darrow, D.W...

from MissReadsTooMuch

American Lightning by Howard Blum - a nonfiction account of early 20th century labor relations, LA water troubles, cross-country bombings, and the beginnings of the film industry. Howard Blum' book recreates a number of parts of the early 20th century. He writes very well about early Los Angeles ...

from ladycato

This book is excellent when focused on the central mystery of the horrible 1911 explosion of the Los Angeles Times building that left 21 people dead, the war between unions and capitalists, and the topsy-turvy court case that followed. Much of the book follows the efforts--outright unconstitution...

from bruchu

A Whodunit Mystery I picked up "American Lightning" with much anticipation after recently reading Erik Larson's "Devil in the White City." Both are period pieces, narrative history, set in roughly the same time period. On the surface, Howard Blum appears to have a real whodunit mystery thriller a...