{"product_id":"2940169847697","title":"Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rich mosaic of diary entries and letters from Marilyn Monroe, Cesar Chavez, Susan Sontag, Albert Einstein, and many more, this is the story of Los Angeles as told by locals, transplants, and some just passing through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe City of Angels has played a distinct role in the hearts, minds, and imaginations of millions of people, who see it as the ultimate symbol of the American Dream. David Kipen, a cultural historian and avid scholar of Los Angeles, has scoured libraries, archives, and private estates to assemble a kaleidoscopic view of a truly unique city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Spanish missionary expeditions in the early 1500s to the Golden Age of Hollywood to the strange new world of social media, this collection is a slice of life in L.A. through the years. The pieces are arranged by dateamp;mdash;January 1st to December 31stamp;mdash;featuring selections from different decades and centuries. What emerges is a vivid tapestry of insights, personal discoveries, and wry observations that together distill the essence of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs sprawling and magical as the city itself, \u003ci\u003eDear Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating, must-have collection for everyone in, from, or touched by Southern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith excerpts from the writing of Ray Bradbury,  Edgar Rice Burroughs,  Octavia E. Butler,  Italo Calvino,  Winston Churchill,  Noël Coward,  Simone De Beauvoir,  James Dean,  T. S. Eliot,  William Faulkner,  Lawrence Ferlinghetti,  Richard Feynman,  F. Scott Fitzgerald,  Allen Ginsberg,  Dashiell Hammett,  Charlton Heston,   Zora Neale Hurston,  Christopher Isherwood,  John Lennon,  H. L. Mencken,  Anaïs Nin,  Sylvia Plath,  Ronald Reagan,  Joan Rivers,  James Thurber,  Dalton Trumbo,  Evelyn Waugh,  Tennessee Williams,  P. G. Wodehouse,  and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179402805488,"sku":"2940169847697","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169847697_p0.jpg?v=1763695852","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169847697","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}