"A seething, sinful tale.... This is narrative nonfiction at its best....More compelling than anything the imagination might dare to conjure."---Karen Abbott, author of Sin in the Second CityLOS Ange
A captivating chronicle of how the City of Angels lost its soulLos Angeles was the fastest growing city in the world, mad with oil fever, get-rich-quick schemes, celebrity scandals, and religious ferv
One hundred forty years ago, four shopkeepers inSacramento, California, rose to become the force behind the American transcontinental railroad, achieving along the way wealth beyond me
One hundred forty years ago, four shopkeepers in Sacramento, California, rose to become the force behind the American transcontinental railroad, achieving along the way wealth beyond measure. To buil
A tale of love, murder, and retribution set in Las Vegas during the 1950s, The Devil's Wind takes place during the time of the city's swiftest growth, when snazzy new hotels are sprouting on The Stri
His scam was as simple as it was brazen. Before and during the Great Depression, Oscar Hartzell persuaded tens of thousands of Midwesterners to part with millions of dollars to start a legal fund that
From the ice fields of rural Finland to the ruthless world of New York real-estate speculation and underworld intrigue in the 1920s, the life of architect Esko Vaananen offers a powerful evocation of
