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- 2011275510 abstract "Michael Gross, chronicler of America's rich and powerful, goes west to uncover the very secret history of Los Angeles, specifically those wealthiest and most private of enclaves--Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Holmby Hills, and Beverly Park--through their most mind-boggling estates, and the fascinating, fabulous folks who created and populate them. Gross begins with the mob-driven history of the newest mega-mansion district in L.A., Beverly Park. Using the century-long evolution from adobe huts to $100 million mansions as the baseline of the story, he reveals how a few powerful and often ruthless oil and railroad magnates imposed their idyllic vision of the good life on the Los Angeles landscape to create the legendary communities known as the Platinum Triangle. But the stories of these homes are just a window onto the lives of their owners and occupants over the course of the twentieth century.--From publisher description.".
- 2011275510 contributor B12163463.
- 2011275510 coverage "Los Angeles (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc. History.".
- 2011275510 coverage "Los Angeles (Calif.) History 20th century.".
- 2011275510 coverage "Los Angeles (Calif.) Social life and customs 20th century.".
- 2011275510 created "c2011.".
- 2011275510 date "2011".
- 2011275510 date "c2011.".
- 2011275510 dateCopyrighted "c2011.".
- 2011275510 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [505]-511) and index.".
- 2011275510 description "McMansions, 1911-2011 -- Ranchos, 1539-1906 -- Lots for sale, 1906-1932 -- Great estates, 1932-1959 -- White elephants, 1958-1979 -- Trophy houses, 1980--2011.".
- 2011275510 description "Michael Gross, chronicler of America's rich and powerful, goes west to uncover the very secret history of Los Angeles, specifically those wealthiest and most private of enclaves--Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Holmby Hills, and Beverly Park--through their most mind-boggling estates, and the fascinating, fabulous folks who created and populate them. Gross begins with the mob-driven history of the newest mega-mansion district in L.A., Beverly Park. Using the century-long evolution from adobe huts to $100 million mansions as the baseline of the story, he reveals how a few powerful and often ruthless oil and railroad magnates imposed their idyllic vision of the good life on the Los Angeles landscape to create the legendary communities known as the Platinum Triangle. But the stories of these homes are just a window onto the lives of their owners and occupants over the course of the twentieth century.--From publisher description.".
- 2011275510 extent "xxiv, 533 p. :".
- 2011275510 identifier "076793265X".
- 2011275510 identifier "9780767932653".
- 2011275510 identifier "9780767932660 (e-book)".
- 2011275510 identifier 2011275510-b.html.
- 2011275510 identifier 2011275510-d.html.
- 2011275510 issued "2011".
- 2011275510 issued "c2011.".
- 2011275510 language "eng".
- 2011275510 publisher "New York : Broadway Books,".
- 2011275510 spatial "California Los Angeles".
- 2011275510 spatial "Los Angeles (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc. History.".
- 2011275510 spatial "Los Angeles (Calif.) History 20th century.".
- 2011275510 spatial "Los Angeles (Calif.) Social life and customs 20th century.".
- 2011275510 subject "979.49404 23".
- 2011275510 subject "F869.L857 G76 2011".
- 2011275510 subject "Mansions California Los Angeles History.".
- 2011275510 tableOfContents "McMansions, 1911-2011 -- Ranchos, 1539-1906 -- Lots for sale, 1906-1932 -- Great estates, 1932-1959 -- White elephants, 1958-1979 -- Trophy houses, 1980--2011.".
- 2011275510 title "Unreal estate : money, ambition, and the lust for land in Los Angeles / Michael Gross.".
- 2011275510 type "text".