Background
Blum, Howard Robert was born on July 11, 1951 in New York City. Son of Harold K. and Gertrude (Gross) Blum.
(This is a true story about four Nazis who came to this co...)
This is a true story about four Nazis who came to this country after World War II, the life they led here, and the men who tracked them down. Blum establishes that agencies of the U.S. government were not only uninterested in prosecuting war criminals living in the country, but also actively conspired to allow Nazis to live out their lives with impunity in the U.S.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812906071/?tag=2022091-20
(It was an explosion that reverberated across the country—...)
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, machinery, and mortar rocketing into the night air. When at last the wreckage had been sifted and the hospital triage units consulted, twenty-one people were declared dead and dozens more injured. But as it turned out, this was just a prelude to the devastation that was to come. In American Lightning, acclaimed author Howard Blum masterfully evokes the incredible circumstances that led to the original “crime of the century”—and an aftermath more dramatic than even the crime itself. With smoke still wafting up from the charred ruins, the city’s mayor reacts with undisguised excitement when he learns of the arrival, only that morning, of America’s greatest detective, William J. Burns, a former Secret Service man who has been likened to Sherlock Holmes. Surely Burns, already world famous for cracking unsolvable crimes and for his elaborate disguises, can run the perpetrators to ground. Through the work of many months, snowbound stakeouts, and brilliant forensic sleuthing, the great investigator finally identifies the men he believes are responsible for so much destruction. Stunningly, Burns accuses the men—labor activists with an apparent grudge against the Los Angeles Times’s fiercely anti-union owner—of not just one heinous deed but of being part of a terror wave involving hundreds of bombings. While preparation is laid for America’s highest profile trial ever—and the forces of labor and capital wage hand-to-hand combat in the streets—two other notable figures are swept into the drama: industry-shaping filmmaker D.W. Griffith, who perceives in these events the possibility of great art and who will go on to alchemize his observations into the landmark film The Birth of a Nation; and crusading lawyer Clarence Darrow, committed to lend his eloquence to the defendants, though he will be driven to thoughts of suicide before events have fully played out. Simultaneously offering the absorbing reading experience of a can’t-put-it-down thriller and the perception-altering resonance of a story whose reverberations continue even today, American Lightning is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307346943/?tag=2022091-20
( In Dark Eden: Eve of Destruction, the thrilling sequel ...)
In Dark Eden: Eve of Destruction, the thrilling sequel to New York Times bestselling author Patrick Carman’s Dark Eden, the seven teens who were “cured” by Rainsford reunite to find relief from their ailments...and realize they may have the power to stop Rainsford’s ghoulish reign once and for all. Ensnared in a dangerous and ever-deepening mystery, Will Besting must lead his friends through a perilous underground trap masterminded by two devious souls at war with one another. It’s a game of cat-and-mouse, and not everyone will be alive when it’s over. Dark Eden: Eve of Destruction is a harrowing journey into the depths of fear, love, revenge, and—ultimately—redemption.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060014008/?tag=2022091-20
(Here is an espionage story that is shocking because it is...)
Here is an espionage story that is shocking because it is the true account of John Walker, a Navy Communications expert, who recruited his son, his brother, and his best friend to form the most damaging spy ring in American history. Will be presented as a 5-hour TV mini-series on CBS.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671626140/?tag=2022091-20
( An epic true story of three remarkable men and one woma...)
An epic true story of three remarkable men and one woman who set out to fight a war and in the process help to create a nation November, 1944. The war in Europe is drawing to a close when the British government finally agrees to send a brigade of five thousand Jewish volunteers from Palestine to Europe to fight the German army. Among these soldiers are Israel Carmi, a veteran of the Haganah underground, a man who serves one army but whose loyalties belong to another; Johanan Peltz raised on, a vast, estate in Poland he dreams of returning home as a British officer and gentleman; and Arie Pinchuk, a former student who has returned to Europe with his own secret agenda -- to rescue his last remaining family member: the little sister he left behind. At the Senio River, Peitz leads the troops in a daring bayonet charge into the heart of the German line. When the savage hand-to-hand combat is finished, the men of the brigade emerge triumphant. At a time when Jews are being victimized, these soldiers -- yellow Stars of David emblazoned on their uniform sleeves -- show the world that a Jewish army can fight back. And win. But when the war ends and the soldiers witness firsthand the horrors their people have suffered in the concentration camps, the men launch a brutal and calculating campaign of vengeance, forming secret squads to identify, locate, and kill Nazi officers in hiding. Their own ferocity threatens to overwhelm them until a fortuitous encounter with an orphaned girl sets the men on a course of action -- rescuing Jewish war orphans and transporting them to Palestine -- that will not only change their lives but also forever alter the course of world history. With The Brigade, bestselling author Howard Blum has written his most harrowing and important book to date -- a story that is certain to make headlines as well as provoke debate about the moral elements ofjustice, the dividing lines between good and evil, and the possibility of redemption.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060194863/?tag=2022091-20
Blum, Howard Robert was born on July 11, 1951 in New York City. Son of Harold K. and Gertrude (Gross) Blum.
Bachelor, Stanford University, California. Master of Arts in Government, Stanford University, California, 1970.
Reporter, New York Times, New York City, 1980-1986; staff writer, Village Voice, New York City, 1975-1979. Board directors Low Country Ledger, Beaufort, South Carolina.
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Married Jane Davenport Cox, January 26, 1991.