In this masterpiece of narrative history, acclaimed author Howard Blum evokes the original "crime of the century" and an aftermath even more dramatic than the crime itself-a seminal episode in America\'s history that would spark national debate and draw into its orbit master sleuth William J.
Currently a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, Blum was also a reporter at the New York Times, where he won numerous journalism awards and was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his investigative reporting..
Blum blows the dust off a page of America\'s own incendiary past and brings it to pulsating life." -Dallas Morning News About the Author: HOWARD Blum is the author of eight previous books, including the national bestsellers Wanted!, The Gold of Exodus, and Gangland. . . the cross-country manhunt reads like a great Mystery novel . . . a tense detective story." -Seattle Times "A thumping-good drumroll of narrative history . . .
Blum\'s style is cinematic." -Chicago Sun-Times "Compelling . . .
Terrorism happened here." -Los Angeles Times "A fast-moving, skillfully constructed account .
American Lightning throws valuable new light on an episode that seems, for us today, particularly pertinent. . . has tremendous verve . . . "Hugely engaging .
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In this masterpiece of narrative history, acclaimed author Howard Blum evokes the original "crime of the century" and an aftermath even more dramatic than the crime itself-a seminal episode in America\'s history that would spark national debate and draw into its orbit master sleuth William J
