American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century (39 page)

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Copyright © 2008 by Howard Blum

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Published in the United States by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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Portions of this book appeared in slightly altered form in
Vanity Fair.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Blum, Howard.

American lightning : terror, mystery, movie-making, and the crime of the century / Howard Blum. —1st ed.

p. cm.

1. Bombings—California—Los Angeles—History—20th century.

2. Terrorism—California—Los Angeles—History—20th century.

3. Otis, Harrison Gray, 1837—1917.                  I. Title.

HV6440.B58 2008

364.152'3097949409041—dc22                                                      2008002974

eISBN: 978-0-307-41026-9

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