L. A. noir : the struggle for the soul of America's most seductive city
(2009)
By:
Buntin, John
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
364.1092/BUNTIN,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Harmony Books, [2009]
©2009
©2009
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xii, 419 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780307352071, 0307352072
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
A journalist and case writer presents a social history of Los Angeles, from Prohibition to the Watts riots, focusing on the long-running war between notorious gangster Mickey Cohen, and the man who would become the city's most famous police chief, William H. Parker