Richard Rayner
1) Murder book
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
357 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 267 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
1920s Los Angeles was the fastest growing city in the world, mad with oil fever, get-rich-quick schemes, celebrity scandals, and religious fervor. It was also rife with organized crime, with a mayor and a DA in the pocket of the syndicates. Here, historian Richard Rayner narrates the entwined lives of two men, Dave Clark and Leslie White, who were caught up in the crimes, murders, and swindles of the day. Over a few transformative years, as the boom...