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035			_a(OCoLC)1001744511 _z(OCoLC)1034001566
037			_bRandom House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 _nSAN 201-3975
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049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aKrist, Gary, _eauthor. _9105768
245	1	4	_aThe mirage factory : _billusion, imagination, and the invention of Los Angeles / _cGary Krist.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bCrown, _c[2018]
264		4	_c©2018
300			_a402 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 307-381) and index.
520			_a"The story of the metropolis that never should have been and the visionaries who dreamed it into reality. Little more than a century ago, the southern coast of California--bone-dry, harborless, isolated by deserts and mountain ranges--seemed destined to remain scrappy farmland. Then, as if overnight, one of the world's iconic cities emerged. At the heart of Los Angeles's meteoric rise were three flawed visionaries: William Mulholland, an immigrant ditchdigger turned self-taught engineer, who designed the massive aqueduct that would make urban life there possible; D.W. Griffith, who transformed the motion picture from a vaudeville-house novelty into a cornerstone of American culture and gave L.A. its signature industry; and Aimee Semple McPherson, a charismatic evangelist who founded a religion and cemented the city's identity as a center for spiritual exploration. All were masters of their craft, but also illusionists of a kind. The images they conjured up--of a blossoming city in the desert, of a factory of celluloid dream-works, of a community of seekers attaining personal salvation under the California sun--were like mirages liable to evaporate on closer inspection. To realize these dreams, all three would have to pay a steep price in a crescendo of hubris, scandal, and catastrophic failure of design that threatened to topple each of their personal empires. Yet when the dust settled, the mirage that was LA remained. Spanning the years from 1900 to 1930, The Mirage Factory is the enthralling tale of an improbable city and the people who willed it into existence by pushing the limits of human engineering and imagination."--Dust jacket.
505	0		_aPrologue: An echo of dynamite ; Implausible city -- A thirsty place -- Alternate realities -- Stories in light and shadow -- On location -- "A river now is here" -- The birth of an industry -- Water and celluloid -- Epic times -- One million souls to save -- A drinking problem -- Scandals in Bohemia -- "Jesus, Jesus all the day long" -- Thunder in the valley -- A sound proposition -- The missing saint -- A silent twilight -- A perfect disaster -- Epilogue: World city.
600	1	0	_aMulholland, William, _d1855-1935. _934665
600	1	0	_aGriffith, D. W. _q(David Wark), _d1875-1948. _996342
600	1	0	_aMcPherson, Aimee Semple, _d1890-1944. _9360404
651		0	_aLos Angeles (Calif.) _xHistory _y20th century. _9161083
651		0	_aLos Angeles (Calif.) _xSocial conditions _y20th century. _9161084
651		0	_aLos Angeles (Calif.) _xEconomic conditions _y20th century. _9360405
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