Copyright © 2018 by David Kipen

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Names: Kipen, David, author.

Title: Dear Los Angeles: the city in diaries and letters 1542 to 2018 / edited by David Kipen.

Description: First edition. | New York: The Modern Library, [2018] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018018940 | ISBN 9780812993981 | ISBN 9780812993998 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Los Angeles (Calif.)—Civilization. | Los Angeles (Calif.)—Quotations, maxims, etc. | Los Angeles (Calif.)—History—Chronology. | Authors—California—Los Angeles—Anecdotes. | Pioneers—California—Los Angeles—Anecdotes. | Celebrities—California—Los Angeles—Anecdotes.

Classification: LCC F869.L85 K56 2018 | DDC 979.4/94—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2018018940

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