Author: Buntin, John
Title: L.A. noir: the struggle for the soul of America's most seductive city
Published: New York: Three Rivers Press, 2009
Description: xii, 419 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. ; 21 cm.
Call Number: HV 6795 L6 B86 2009
Bibliography p. 391-406
Note(s): A journalist and case writer presents a social history of Los Angeles, from Prohibition to the Watts riots, focusing on the long-running war between notorious gangster Mickey Cohen, and the man who would become the city's most famous police chief, William H. Parker. Originally published in hardcover by Harmony Books, 2009
Subject(s):
- Organized crime -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
- Cohen, Mickey, 1914-1976
- Parker, William H. (William Henry), 1902-1966
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Spencer, Jeremy. "L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City." Library Journal 134, no. 12 (July 2009): 106-109
- "L.A. NOIR: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City." Kirkus Reviews 77, no. 12 (June 15, 2009): 639
