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Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the
Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is more than
700 pages of information that is, as David Kipen writes in his
spirited introduction, "anecdotal, opinionated, and altogether
habit-forming." Describing the history, culture, and roadside
attractions of the 1930s, the WPA Guide to California features some
of the very best anonymous literature of its era, with writing by
luminaries such as San Francisco poet Kenneth Rexroth,
composer-writer- hobo Harry Partch, and authors Tillie Olsen and
Kenneth Patchen.
"San Diego in the 1930s" offers a lively account of the city's
culture, roadside attractions, and history - from the days of the
Spanish missions to the pre-Second World War boom. The guide is
revealing both in the opinions it embodies and in the juicy details
it records - tidbits such as the bloodiest and most incompetently
fought battle of the Mexican-American War, Emma Goldman's abruptly
terminated speech to local Wobblies in 1912, and even a
delightfully anachronistic way to beat a San Diego speeding ticket.
Brimming with tours that can prove challenging to retrace, this
book reminds us of the changes wrought by seven decades of
intervening war, peace, and biotechnology. Unlatching a remarkable
trapdoor into the past, this compact and charming document of the
Depression era invites repeated browsing and is generously
illustrated with striking black-and-white photographs that bring
the period to life.
"Los Angeles in the 1930s" returns to print an invaluable document
of Depression-era Los Angeles, illuminating a pivotal moment in
L.A.'s history, when writers like Raymond Chandler, Nathanael West,
and F. Scott Fitzgerald were creating the images and
associations--and the mystique--for which the City of Angels is
still known. Many books in one, "Los Angeles in the 1930s" is both
a genial guide and an addictively readable history, revisiting the
Spanish colonial period, the Mexican period, the brief California
Republic, and finally American sovereignty. It is also a compact
coffee table book of dazzling monochrome photography. These whose
haunting visions suggest the city we know today and illuminate the
booms and busts that marked L.A.'s past and continue to shape its
future.
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Minorcans (Paperback)
Works Progress Administration
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R417
Discovery Miles 4 170
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