Silver Lake Chronicles: Exploring an Urban Oasis in Los Angeles - Couverture souple

Locke, Michael

 
9781609499587: Silver Lake Chronicles: Exploring an Urban Oasis in Los Angeles
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ISBN 10 : 1609499581 ISBN 13 : 9781609499587
Editeur : History Press, 2014

Synopsis

Situated between Los Feliz and Echo Park a few miles from downtown Los Angeles, Silver Lake thrives as a perennially avant-garde and enchanting enclave. From mansion builders and movie stars to bohemians, visionaries and just plain folk, discover Silver Lake's illustrious past and a fantastic cast of characters sure to enrich contemporary experience and inform the past. Colorful anecdotes about early movie magnates William Selig and Mack Sennett and silent-screen idols Mabel Normand, Antonio Moreno and Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle flesh out these famous figures' lives in new and surprising ways. Other lesser-known but richly deserving stories about the area's pioneer families are shared perhaps for the first time. Authors Michael Locke and Vincent Brook present a rich tapestry of this unique urban oasis whose appeal seems only to grow.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michael Locke served on the first Silver Lake Neighborhood Council as Region 1 representative and vice chair, and was founder of the Beautification Committee. Since 2003, he has edited and published the Silver Lake News, an online community newspaper. He also contributes to the Los Feliz Ledger, the Los Feliz Observer and the Los Angeles City Historical Society newsletter. He lives in the Durex Model Home (L.A. Historic-Cultural Landmark No. 1025) in Los Feliz with his wife Donna Jean. Vincent Brook has a PhD in film and television from UCLA. He teaches media studies at UCLA, USC, Cal-State LA and Pierce College, and has authored or edited five books, most recently "Land of Smoke and Mirrors: A Cultural History of Los Angeles" and "Woody on Rye: Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen" (both 2013). Born in Van Nuys, he has lived in Silver Lake with his wife Karen since 1978.

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Éditeur
History Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1609499581
ISBN 13 
9781609499587
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1540208214 ISBN 13 :  9781540208217
Editeur : History Press Library Editions, 2014
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