Evergreen in the City of Angels A History of a Los Angeles Cemetery |
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Author:
| California History, the Studio |
Contribution by:
| Sonksen, Mike Bautista, Nancy Dutton, Maria Benavidez, Max Bueno, Valerie Sekhon, Milton Goldstein, Steve McMullen, Amanda Garcia, Gabrielle Hight, Jeremy Kleeman, Theresia Hong, Jason Okamura, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Martha Masumoto, Marie Matsumoto, Deanna Lai, Irvin Sekhon, Sharon Okamura, Michael |
Photographer:
| Cox, Martin |
ISBN: | 978-1-5025-2629-8 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2014 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the second edition of this book and is the culmination the Studio for Southern California History's annual tradition of holding a walking tour at Evergreen Cemetery. Established in 1877, Evergreen Cemetery has many Los Angeles histories including Charlotta Amanda Bass, Jesse Belvin, Bridget Biddy Mason, Toyo Miyatake, African American actors from early Hollywood, athletes, veterans from the Mexican American War to the present struggles in Afghanistan and Iraq. This book...
More DescriptionThis is the second edition of this book and is the culmination the Studio for Southern California History's annual tradition of holding a walking tour at Evergreen Cemetery. Established in 1877, Evergreen Cemetery has many Los Angeles histories including Charlotta Amanda Bass, Jesse Belvin, Bridget Biddy Mason, Toyo Miyatake, African American actors from early Hollywood, athletes, veterans from the Mexican American War to the present struggles in Afghanistan and Iraq. This book highlights poets, musicians, mothers and sons and is a great way to explore the oldest non-denominational cemetery in Los Angeles. This book includes an illustrated map, poetry, photographs, timeline and references to go further. This second edition has sections on suicide and Japanese mon.