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    Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles

    by Paul Haddad (Author),

    ISBN: 9781595801272
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  • 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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    Author: Paul Haddad
    Publisher: Santa Monica Press
    Publication Date: 06/11/2024
    Language: English
    Pages: 404
    ISBN: 1595801278
    Author: Paul Haddad
    Publisher: Santa Monica Press
    Publication Date: 06/11/2024
    Language: English
    Pages: 404
    ISBN: 1595801278

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    About the Author: Paul Haddad,

    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, 1977–1981 (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

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