For a nation that’s produced eighteen “Law and Order” series, this story should prove both familiar and irresistible: on October 1, 1910, a bomb reduced the Los Angeles Times building to ashes, leaving twenty-one dead and dozens more injured. But who did it, and why? In “American Lightning,” Howard Blum unravels the true-life mystery from crime to trial, exposing unseen political forces at work and introducing us to the high-profile players along the way, including “America’s Greatest Detective” William J. Burns, famed attorney Clarence Darrow and even film pioneer D.W. Griffith. Part historical nonfiction, part gripping crime thriller, “American Lightning” is an engrossing look into America’s original “crime of the century.”
-Juliet Small Ernst
WHEN: 7pm
ADMISSION: Free
WHERE: Vroman’s Bookstore
ADDRESS: 695 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101
PHONE: (626) 449-5320
WEBSITE: www.vromansbookstore.com
| Wednesday, September 17, 2008 |
