To some, Los Angeles may be a dystopia of urban sprawl, strip malls, and traffic congestion. Not so for Barbara Guggenheim, the widow of famed Hollywood lawyer Bert Fields. “Quite simply, LA is the most dynamic, vibrant city on the planet,” she writes in this engaging travel guide that takes readers on an unabashedly reverential tour of attractions ranging from the famous to the more obscure.
The book is packed full of juicy details about the larger-than-life, audacious characters who helped build Los Angeles. It’s hard to resist a guide in which the author recalls bicycling with television news legend Barbara Walters and running into the Dalai Lama pedaling from the other direction.
Fully illustrated in color.
