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American Lightning
American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood | Howard Blum
4 posts | 6 read | 9 to read
Details a deadly explosion that ripped through the offices of the "Los Angeles Times" in October 1910, part of a planned assault on one hundred American cities.
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Bookish_B
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Some books I received for my birthday! Two of these are books I added to my list after I saw them posted here. I don‘t remember who posted them, but thank you just the same 😊

kspenmoll Happy Birthday! 🎊 4y
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Reviewsbylola
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Mehso-so

Somehow I finished this quarter of #booked2020 already. 🥳🥳

The tagged book was my final read, about the bomb that exploded at the LA Times in 1910, resulting in many fatalities. I listened on audio and it was one of those books that wasn‘t good and wasn‘t bad. It was interesting and well written but didn‘t hold my attention, which is crucial for me on audio but sadly not uncommon. #hollywood

AmyG Wow. Good job. 4y
Crazeedi Congrats!!👏❤ 4y
Laughterhp Wow that‘s crazy! Great job! 4y
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JennyM Fantastic reading! Well done 👍 4y
BarbaraTheBibliophage My goodness. Great job! 4y
Butterfinger That is awesome!! 4y
Cinfhen Go girl 🙌🏻💜 4y
BarbaraBB Wow that is really fast! 👏 4y
alisiakae I‘m really picky with audiobooks and narrators. Great job on finishing the first quarter so quickly! 4y
Mdargusch 🎉🎉🎉 4y
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RamsFan1963
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Pickpick

An amazing bit of history, a story I was totally unfamiliar with before reading this. The war between labor and capital at the beginning of the 20th century erupts when an anti-union newspaper building in L.A. is bombed, killing 21 people. 4 💥💥💥💥

#SummersEndReadathon #24B4Monday
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ljuliel Sounds good ! 5y
Andrew65 Sounds the type of book I would love. 5y
Amiable Stacking 5y
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Nute I always wanted to read this book. Thanks for reminding me! 5y
Clwojick Woohoo! Way to go!! 5y
Suet624 It‘s amazing how much history we know so little of. 😀 5y
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Adutcher

Nice read about life and times in California at the turn of the century.

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