Posts Tagged ‘Los Angeles’

Ghost Towns

Go west, young man! — Horace Greeley Towns pop up frequently in the Savage West. Miners, farmers, pioneers, snake-oil salesmen, pilgrims, outlaws, soldiers and many more individuals make their homes among the mesas and fields of the American frontier. As the Manifest Destiny pushes the boundary of the American frontier all the way to the [...]

Los Angeles by Night

Los Angeles is a difficult city to define. According to the many authors who flocked here in the ’30s to write for the movie companies, L.A. is a land of lotus-eaters, lacking both culture and aesthetics. According to television and the movies, it is a land of sex-crazed blonde bombshells and power-crazed young movie executives. [...]