American Lightning : : Terror, Mystery, Movie-Making, and the Crime of the Century
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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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PUBLISHED
New York : Crown Publishers, c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307346940
0307346943
SUBJECTS
Otis, Harrison Gray, -- 1837-1917.
Bombings -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.
Terrorism -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.