American lightning : terror, mystery, movie-making, and the crime of the century /
Howard. Blum Howard Blum.
Bok Engelsk 2008 Howard. Blum,· Electronic books
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| Utgitt | New York : : Crown Publishers, , c2008.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (339 p., [8] p. of plates ) : ill. ;
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | 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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| ISBN | 0-307-41026-9. - 1-299-10727-3
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