{"product_id":"dark-city-the-real-los-angeles-noir-9783836560764","title":"Dark City. the Real Los Angeles Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the years following World War I, \u003cstrong\u003eLos Angeles\u003c\/strong\u003e was a city awakening to its darker side, transforming itself from a backwater town to a gleaming metropolis and city of the future. But along the way \u003cstrong\u003ea tarnished patina began to coat its ever-more glamorous façade\u003c\/strong\u003e. As thousands flocked to the city with their dreams and desires, so too came get-rich-quick schemes, \u003cstrong\u003ephony religions, organized crime, and corruption.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A visual history like no other, \u003cem\u003e Dark City\u003c\/em\u003e brings together images from archives, museums, newspaper photo morgues, private collections, and the author's extensive image library to reveal \u003cstrong\u003ethe true grit, grime, and sheer horror stories of Los Angeles from the 1920s to 1950s\u003c\/strong\u003e. In large format, we roam through the back alleys, gin joints, tattoo parlors, gambling dens, nightclubs, and the most brutal crime scenes, to uncover \u003cstrong\u003ea city crawling with murder and mayhem\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From Sunset Boulevard to a jazz-saturated Central Avenue, tabloid headlines chronicle the most famous celebrities and infamous crimes in a hopped-up city that provided \u003cstrong\u003einspiration for journalists, pulp fiction scribes, and filmland script writers in their creation of the noir genre\u003c\/strong\u003e. With rare vintage magazine reprints from the crime tabloids of the time, this is a uniquely evocative visual history through which the crime, crooks, crazies, and mean streets of the City of Angels are transformed from myth to reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeimann, Jim:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jim Heimann is the Executive Editor for TASCHEN America. A cultural anthropologist, historian, and an avid collector, he has authored numerous titles on architecture, pop culture, and the history of Los Angeles and Hollywood, including TASCHEN's Surfing, Los Angeles. Portrait of a City, California Crazy, and the All-American Ads series.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649320554770,"sku":"9783836560764","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0dfa2977-32dd-4e95-b688-da99895f5452.jpg?v=1733260352","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dark-city-the-real-los-angeles-noir-9783836560764","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}