{"product_id":"9781609497774","title":"Culver City Chronicles","description":"\u003cbr\u003eCulver City has rivaled Hollywood for nearly a century as the Heart of Screenland\"--a center of the movie and television trades. Here, the giant Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer evolved into Sony Pictures, and the Ince and Selznick movie empires became today's Culver Studios. But the same lands along Ballona Creek had been a wilderness traversed by Native Americans and settled by hardy Spanish pioneers named Machado, Talamantes and Higuera. Union soldiers occupied the area's Civil War-era Camp Latham. By 1910, visionary Harry H. Culver saw possibilities for these ranchlands and led Culver City to incorporate in 1917. Join official city historian Julie Lugo Cerra, a descendant of early settlers, as she relates the fascinating stories of how and why Culver City grew and prospered.\"","brand":"History Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031725818096,"sku":"9781609497774","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609497774_p0.jpg?v=1763836907","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609497774","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}