American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood & the Crime of the Century by Howard Blum

American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood & the Crime of the Century

Howard Blum

339 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime mysterious fast-paced
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It was an explosion that reverberated across the country—and into the very heart of early-twentieth-century America. On the morning of October 1, 1910, the walls of the Los Angeles Times Building buckled as a thunderous detonation sent men, machin...

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