a ISBN 0-8263-2207-7

a ISBN 0-8263-2208-5

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number PS374.L57

b Item number F56 2000

a Dewey Classification 813.009/3279494

a Personal name Fine, David M.,

d Dates associated with a name 1934-

a Title Imagining Los Angeles :

b Remainder of title a city in fiction /

c Statement of responsibility, etc David Fine.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Albuquerque :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc University of New Mexico Press,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc c2000.

a Extent xi, 293 p. :

b Other physical details ill. ;

c Dimensions 24 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-[272]) and index.

a Formatted contents note 1. Starting Points: The Place and the Writers -- 2. Boosters and Boasters: The Making and Unmaking of a Myth -- 3. The Twenties and beyond: Oil, Movies, and Salvation -- 4. View from the Back Room: The Hard-Boiled Thirties -- 5. Down these Mean Streets: The Tough-Guy Detective Story -- 6. Sargasso of the Imagination: The Hollywood Novel -- 7. Down and Out in Los Angeles: From Bunker Hill to the Barrio -- 8. Black Dahlias and Zoot Suits: The Recovery of History -- 9. Endings and Beginnings: Surviving Apocalypse.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element American fiction

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element American fiction

y Chronological subdivision 20th century

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element American fiction

y Chronological subdivision 19th century

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element City and town life in literature.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Cities and towns in literature.