Deadly Times: The 1910 Bombing of the Los Angeles Times and America's Forgotten Decade of Terror,

Deadly Times: The 1910 Bombing of the Los Angeles Times and America's Forgotten Decade of Terror, by Lew Irwin

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Between 1907 and 1911, the United States was hit by the longest period of sustained terrorism in its history. Of more than 200 bombings that were carried out during this period, the most shocking was the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building on the morning of October 1, 1910, which killed at least twenty people.Deadly Times tells the fascinating story of the bombing, the search to apprehend the bombers, the issues that polarized the nation, and the dramatic trials that ensued.

Deadly Times: The 1910 Bombing of the Los Angeles Times and America's Forgotten Decade of Terror, by Lew Irwin

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1184262 in Books
• Published on: 2015-09-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.72" h x 1.02" w x 5.67" l, .0 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Deadly Times: The 1910 Bombing of the Los Angeles Times and America's Forgotten Decade of Terror, by Lew Irwin

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• "A gripping must-read tale of turbulent times." -- Dr. John Horgan, director, International Center for the Study of Terrorism, Penn State University"A most fascinating and can't-put-down story." -- Harry Brant Chandler, media executive, scion of family that founded the Los Angeles Times"Reads more like a novel with the suspenseful twists and turns." -- C.D. Quyn, San Francisco Book Review"Irwin, a veteran television journalist, is an artist in prose." -- Anthony Mostrom, L.A. Weekly"Masterfully" written. -- Publishers Weekly

From the Author I began writing Deadly Times more than half a lifetime ago after interviewing Irving Stone, who had written one of his "biographical fiction" accounts of the life of attorney Clarence Darrow, best known for defending the thrill-killers Leopold and Loeb in 1924 and John Scopes in the "monkey trial" the following year. The book included an account -- some of it admittedly fictional -- of Darrow's defense in 1910 of J.B. McNamara, a member of the AFofL-affiliated Iron Workers Union, who was charged with bombing the Los Angeles Times, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 100 others, and his brother, J.J. McNamara, the secretary-treasurer of the union, who allegedly had ordered the bombing and more than 150 others throughout the country over the course of four years. Darrow himself would later be tried -- twice -- for attempting to bribe the jury. Although I had worked at the Times in my youth I was unaware that it had ever been bombed, and I set out to learn more about that terrible event, which was called "The Crime of the Century" in its day and remains the deadliest crime ever to go to trial in California and the deadliest crime committed against journalists in history. As an act of terrorism it is exceeded only by the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 and the World Trade Center attack in 2001.Deadly Times was begun at a time when reporters and researchers wearing gauze gloves had to pore over fragile broadsheets and files in newspaper "morgues"and ended in a day when 100-year-old court records, books, newspapers and personal correspondence could be called up in seconds on a personal computer. In recent years I was able to learn pertinent details of the intricate investigation that led to the capture of the dynamiters and fascinating information about the personal and professional lives of the bigger-than-life players in this drama. One reviewer said that it reads like fiction. But as fiction, it would have seemed unbelievable. 

From the Back Cover THIS STORY HAS IT ALL: BIG SOCIAL ISSUES THAT DIVIDED THE PUBLIC, SHOCKING EXPLOSIONS, GREAT DETECTIVE WORK, AND RIVETING COURTROOM DRAMAA thoroughly engaging and well-researched account of the country's most violent anarchistic era that culminated in the bombing of the Times, the killing of 20 of its workers, and the attempted assassination of my ancestors who ran the newspaper. The intricate plot and characters of this Union vs Management conflict come to life in a most fascinating and can't put-down story. -- HARRY BRANT CHANDLER, Media Executive, Author, and Scion of the Family that Founded the Los Angeles Times "A wave of deadly explosions, a city in the grip of panic, and a serial bomber patiently awaiting his next deadly assignment. And all of this over 100 years ago. Once called the 'crime of the century,' the 1910 bombing of the L.A. Times newspaper is no longer relegated to a footnote in history. The extraordinary story of this terrible event in America's least-known domestic terror campaign finally receives the treatment it deserves. Five decades in the making, and a true labor of love, Deadly Times chronicles in often heart-stopping detail the events that spawned some 200 bombings and the equally explosive investigation that followed. A gripping, must-read tale of turbulent times." -- DR. JOHN HORGAN, Director, International Center for the Sudy of Terrorism, Penn State University.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. "Deadly Times" - the worst of times By Pete Noyes "Deadly Times" by veteran Los Angeles journalist Lew Irwin is the product of years of research into the hundreds of workplace bombings across the United States that culminated in the destruction of the Los Angeles Times building on October 1, 1910. The devastation left at least 20 Times' employees dead and more than 100 injured. Much has been written about the Times bombing but none as skillfully as Irwin's story. The plotter and bomber, the two Mcnamara brothers from the Iron Workers Union in Indiana, were eventually tracked down by William Burns, known as the nation's greatest private detective and brought to Los Angeles to stand trial, most certainly facing the death penalty. Their lawyer was Clarence Darrow, the wiley Chicago attorney, who was caught bribing a juror. Darrow was forced to stand trial but not convicted. In a strange twist of fate, the powerful and hard nosed publisher of the Los Angeles Times, General Harrison Gray Otis, agreed not to press for the death penalty against the McNamara brothers despite the enormity of their crimes. I was born in Los Angeles and grew up listening to many tales about the night the Times building blew up. Now,at last, Lew Irwin has come along and set the record straight with an historical work that will leave its footprints on the sands of time. Pete Noyes

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A terrific book By Skymuffin A fascinating book about a part of history over a hundred years ago but with themes that pertain to some of the same issues that exist today regarding labor unions and owners. The author's writing was like he was there at the time seeing the events as they occurred and actually heard the conversations as they happened. I'd reccommend the book to anyone.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Deadly Times is a winner By Steve Liddick Lew Irwin's new book,"Deadly Times," is much more than a reporting job. Lew has brought a dangerous era in union history to life through careful research and through the characters who lived it. The book is a masterful recreation of the series of union-provoked bombings that included the Los Angeles Times building that killed more than 20 people. The book even manages to evoke some sympathy for one of the bombers, who was coerced into doing the union's dirty work. The Times incident was nearly lost to history largely because the powerful newspaper buried the story of its refusal to negotiate with union officials. Irwin pulled it back from obscurity and has written the definitive work on the subject. If Deadly Times doesn't become a major motion picture, Hollywood is missing a great opportunity to produce a blockbuster.

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