| Los Angeles: Biography of a City Contributor(s): Caughey, John Walton (Editor), Caughey, Laree (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0520034104 ISBN-13: 9780520034105 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $36.58 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1977 Annotation: "Its intelligent combination of essays reveals much about Los Angeles which does not always find its way into socio-historical texts about the area. The editors' remarks preceding each essay expertly bind the book together. I suspect it will wind up as one of the more dog-eared volumes on my shelf."--Mayor Tom Bradley of Los Angeles |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Travel | United States - General |
| Dewey: 979.4 |
| LCCN: 75017300 |
| Physical Information: 1.23" H x 6.03" W x 8.99" (1.44 lbs) 524 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA - Cultural Region - Southern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Los Angeles, City of Angels. A city with a remarkable history, over 200 years old. Interwoven with the Caughey's commentary are over 100 of the choicest essays on Los Angeles. The saga of cowtown turned post-war metropolis unfolds before the reader. |