The mirage factory: illusion, imagination, and the invention of Los Angeles [First edition] 9780451496386, 9780451496409, 0451496388

From bestselling author Gary Krist, the story of the metropolis that never should have been and the visionaries who drea

237 65 33MB

English Pages 402 pages: illustrations, maps; 25 cm Year 2018

Table of contents :
Prologue. An echo of dynamite
Implausible city --
A thirsty place --
Alternate realities --
Stories in light and shadow --
On location --
"A river now is here" --
The birth of an industry --
Water and celluloid --
Epic times --
One million souls to save --
A drinking problem --
Scandals in Bohemia --
"Jesus, Jesus all the day long" --
Thunder in the valley --
A sound proposition --
The missing Saint --
A silent twilight --
A perfect disaster --
Epilogue: World city.

The mirage factory: illusion, imagination, and the invention of Los Angeles [First edition]
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