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Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis
Dreamers and Schemers How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis
Author: Barry Siegel
Dreamers and Schemers chronicles how Los Angeles?s pursuit and staging of the 1932 Olympic Games during the depths of the Great Depression helped fuel the city?s transformation from a seedy frontier village to a world-famous metropolis. Leading that pursuit was the ?Prince of Realtors,? William May (Billy) Garland, a prominent figure in early Lo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520298583
ISBN-10: 0520298586
Publication Date: 10/29/2019
Pages: 272
Edition: First
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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