American lightning terror, mystery, movie-making, and the crime of the century
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...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Crown Publishers,
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 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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| Physical Description: | 339 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-335) . |
| ISBN: | 9780307346940 0307346943 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
