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Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis

Barry Siegel

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Description:Dreamers and Schemers chronicles how Los Angeles’s improbable pursuit and staging of the 1932 Olympic Games during the depths of the Great Depression helped fuel the city’s transformation from a seedy frontier village to a major, world-famous metropolis. Leading that pursuit was the city’s “Prince of Realtors,” William May (“Billy”) Garland, unknown by most today but a hugely prominent figure in early Los Angeles. In fact, it has been said that the story of William May Garland is the story of Los Angeles. After arriving in Southern California in 1890, he helped drive much of the city’s historic expansion in the first two decades of the twentieth century, then, over the years 1920 to 1932, he directed the city’s bid for the 1932 Olympic Games. Billy’s quest—he literally conjured the LA Games into being—provides an unusually revealing window onto a particular time and place and way of life. It truly was a momentous moment: When LA came of age. Reconstructing the narrative from nascent notion to consequential aftermath, author Barry Siegel shows how one man made California history through a combination of illusion and imagination. We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis. To get started finding Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Dreamers and Schemers chronicles how Los Angeles’s improbable pursuit and staging of the 1932 Olympic Games during the depths of the Great Depression helped fuel the city’s transformation from a seedy frontier village to a major, world-famous metropolis. Leading that pursuit was the city’s “Prince of Realtors,” William May (“Billy”) Garland, unknown by most today but a hugely prominent figure in early Los Angeles. In fact, it has been said that the story of William May Garland is the story of Los Angeles. After arriving in Southern California in 1890, he helped drive much of the city’s historic expansion in the first two decades of the twentieth century, then, over the years 1920 to 1932, he directed the city’s bid for the 1932 Olympic Games. Billy’s quest—he literally conjured the LA Games into being—provides an unusually revealing window onto a particular time and place and way of life. It truly was a momentous moment: When LA came of age. Reconstructing the narrative from nascent notion to consequential aftermath, author Barry Siegel shows how one man made California history through a combination of illusion and imagination. We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis. To get started finding Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis

Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis

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