L.A. Noir
The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City
by John Buntin
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appears in About Los Angeles, Mystery & Crime, and History.
Other cities have histories. Los Angeles has legends. Midcentury Los Angeles. A city sold to the world as "the white spot of America," a land of sunshine and orange groves, wholesome Midwestern values and Hollywood stars, protected by the world?s most famous police force, the Dragnetera LAPD. Behind this public image lies a hidden world of "pleasu...
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appears in About Los Angeles, Mystery & Crime, and History.
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