Bibliograph

The mirage factory, illusion, imagination, and the invention of Los Angeles, Gary Krist

Type

Label

The mirage factory, illusion, imagination, and the invention of Los Angeles, Gary Krist

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-381) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The mirage factory

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1001744511

Responsibility statement

Gary Krist

Sub title

illusion, imagination, and the invention of Los Angeles

Summary

Describes how the visions of three people: William Mulholland, an engineer; D.W. Griffith, an early filmmaker; and Aimee Semple McPherson, an evangelist and faith healer combined to turn sleepy, near-desert farmland into the city of Los Angeles

Table Of Contents

Prologue: 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

Target audience

adult

Creator