Haddad Paul

Inventing Paradise (eBook, ePUB)

The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Written by a local author with a successful track record (Freewaytopia, 10,000 Steps a Day in L.A.)

There has never been a book that pinpoints the birth of modern Los Angeles to these six specific influential people

Significant journalists and historians will contribute endorsements

Though a title on the history of Los Angeles, there are present-day lessons regarding oil, water, the media, transportation (rail vs. cars), cronyism, corruption, and environmental pollution

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Santa Monica Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781595807588
• Artikelnr.: 70121956

Autorenporträt

Paul Haddad's books include Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times Bestseller 10,000 Steps a Day in L.A.: 57 Walking Adventures and High Fives, Pennant Drives, and Fernandomania: A Fan's History of the Los Angeles Dodgers' Glory Years, 19771981 (named one of the Best Baseball Books of 2012 by the Daily News). As a Hollywood-born native, he has written about Los Angeles for the Los Angeles Times and hosted a column on Huffington Post about L.A.'s forgotten history. He has authored three award-winning novels, including the L.A. Noir Paradise Palms: Red Menace Mob. A graduate of USC's School of Cinematic Arts, Haddad has been nominated for multiple Emmys as a documentary producer. PaulHaddadBooks.com @la_dorkout