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9780879050078
Southern California An Island on the Land
by McWilliams, Carey
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- Comments: 9. From the Back CoverWidely recognized as the best non-fiction book written about Southern California for the period 1920s through the 1940s.Southern California: An Island on the Land is packed with fascinating material on the region and its galaxy of personalities--from Helen Hunt Jackson to Aimee Semple McPherson, from Huntington the financier to Hatfield the rainmaker.Carey McWilliams provides insights into many subjects, ranging from the origins of Hollywood to the flowering of International Style arch
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- ISBN-13: 9780879050078
- ISBN: 0879050071
- Publication Date: 1980
- Publisher: Smith, Gibbs Publisher
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Introduction If years before I wrote Southern California: An Island on the Land, I had planned to write it, then it could be said that I picked exactly the right time to settle in the region, that my work experience was providential, and that I selected precisely the right group of friends. But of course I did not plan to write the book; it grew out of my experiences in a perfectly natural way. Let me explain.McWilliams, Carey is the author of 'Southern California An Island on the Land', published 1980 under ISBN 9780879050078 and ISBN 0879050071.
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