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Southern California, March 1980
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
By: Carey McWilliams

An Island On The Land

Gibbs Smith, Publisher
March 1980
On Sale: March 15, 1980
416 pages
ISBN: 0879050071
EAN: 9780879050078
Paperback
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Fiction

Widely 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 architecture in Los Angeles.

This book was originally published in 1946. This reprint edition has been continuously in print from Gibbs Smith, Publisher since 1973.

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