En algún momento de 1889, el presidente y (posteriormente) presidente de la junta directiva del Banco Nacional de Agricultores y Comerciantes de Los Ángeles, Jackson A. Graves, decidió que su…
Esta serie de entradas de blog analiza la historia del despido de Mary L. Jones como bibliotecaria de la ciudad de Los Ángeles en 1905. Revela el sexismo que influyó en la Junta Directiva de la…
Esta serie de entradas de blog analiza la historia del despido de Mary L. Jones como bibliotecaria de la ciudad de Los Ángeles en 1905. Revela el sexismo que influyó en la Junta Directiva de la…
Esta serie de entradas de blog analiza la historia del despido de Mary L. Jones como bibliotecaria de la ciudad de Los Ángeles en 1905. Revela el sexismo que influyó en la Junta Directiva de la…
Esta serie de entradas de blog analiza la historia del despido de Mary L. Jones como bibliotecaria de la ciudad de Los Ángeles en 1905. Revela el sexismo que influyó en la Junta Directiva de la…
Read me, L. A.: a book lover’s celebration of Los Angeles by Katie Orphan explores L.A.’s literary heritage and the people, places and events that gave it life. Orphan, a writer and manager of a local bookstore, has written a book that is ostensibly marketed as a literary tour guide...
Sam Wasson, a Los Angeles writer specializing in film and theater, has written a book that examines the making of Roman Polanski’s film, Chinatown. This book stands as the most comprehensive examination of the film’s production, and will please cinephiles, as well as others. Wasson focuses on four men, who...
This book follows the machinations of Los Angeles real estate mogul William May Garland as he attempts to bring the 1932 Olympic Games to Los Angeles. Barry Siegel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and UC Irvine Professor, rewards the reader with an enjoyable account of a winsome individual with a dogged...
Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir is a meticulous and heartfelt account of the lives of the titular couple that was written by their daughter, Victoria Riskin. The book is a traditional biography, however the author’s relationship to the subjects gives the book resonance and depth that few...
