Gary Krist

author of “The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles”

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Gary Krist on KCRW

In the early 1900s, a city suddenly sprouted up, like an unlikely weed, out of the bare desert of Southern California.

How 3 Angelenos were instrumental in the sudden growth of LA

In the early 1900s, a city suddenly sprouted up, like an unlikely weed, out of the bare desert of Southern California.

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