Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles

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Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles offers the first comprehensive history of Los Angeles' freeway system. Local author Paul Haddad, known for 10,000 Steps in L.A., explores how freeways influenced the city's development and culture.
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This book appeals to fans of Automotive Pop Culture, the History of Los Angeles, as well as readers interested in Transportation, Civil Engineering, and the growth of the automobile.

"Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles explores how social, economic, political, and cultural demands created the web of freeways whose very form--futuristic, majestic, and progressive--perfectly exemplifies the City of Angels."--Back cover.

Our Marketing and Publicity Efforts Will Focus On: Publicity in all major Southern California media outlets, with reviews and/or features expected in the LA Times, Los Angeles Magazine, and other local papers and magazines. Author appearances on Los Angeles television and radio should include outlets such as KTLA, KCRW and KPCC (Larry Mantle should be a lock). National outlets to be approached include NPR (Fresh Air), AAA Magazine, Car & Driver, etc. We will also go out to media outlets with interests in public transportation, automobiles, civil engineering, and even architecture.

Description

The first complete history about the development of freeways in Los Angeles.

Written by a local author with a successful track record, 10,000 Steps in L.A..

Significant journalists and historians will contribute endorsements, and a well-known Angeleno will write the foreword.

While the core audience will definitely be fans of automotive pop culture and the history of Los Angeles, plenty of readers interested in transportation, civil engineering, and the development of the automobile will purchase the book.

The two editions of Paul Haddad's previous book, 10,000 Steps a Day in L.A., have sold nearly 15,000 copies, and sales are still climbing from the second edition released last year.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781595801012

Publisher: Santa Monica Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 November 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Santa Monica Press

Illustration: Photos

Contributors:

Foreword by Patt Morrison

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 228.0mm

Height: 152.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 384

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Non-Fiction Paul Haddad Travel & Adventure

About the Author

Paul Haddad's books include the Los Angeles Times bestseller, 10,000 Steps a Day in L.A.: 57 Walking Adventures, and High Fives, Pennant Drives, and Fernandomania: A Fan's History of the Los Angeles Dodgers' Glory Years, 1977-1981 (named one of the Best Baseball Books of 2012 by the Daily News). As a Hollywood-born native, he has written about Los Angeles for the Los Angeles Times and hosted a column on Huffington Post about L.A.'s forgotten history. He has authored three award-winning novels, including the L.A. Noir Paradise Palms: Red Menace Mob. A graduate of University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, Haddad has been nominated for multiple Emmys as a documentary producer. PaulHaddadBooks.com @la_dorkout

Patt Morrison is a journalist, best-selling author, and radio-television personality based in Los Angeles and Southern California. Morrison has a share of two Pulitzer Prizes as a longtime Los Angeles Times writer and columnist. As a public television and radio broadcaster, she has won six Emmys and a dozen Golden Mike awards.