| L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City Contributor(s): Buntin, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307352080 ISBN-13: 9780307352088 Publisher: Broadway Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 364.109 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.78 lbs) 419 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Southern California - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Now the TNT Original Series MOB CITY Midcentury Los Angeles. A city sold to the world as the white spot of America, a land of sunshine and orange groves, wholesome Midwestern values and Hollywood stars, protected by the world's most famous police force, the Dragnet-era LAPD. Behind this public image lies a hidden world of pleasure girls and crooked cops, ruthless newspaper tycoons, corrupt politicians, and East Coast gangsters on the make. Into this underworld came two men--one L.A.' s most notorious gangster, the other its most famous police chief--each prepared to battle the other for the soul of the city. |