Book description
The first history of the formidable campaign that transformed Los Angeles into one of the world's greatest coastal metropolises, revealing how the city's man-made shores became the site for the reinvention of seaside leisure and the triumph of modern bodies.
The Los Angeles shoreline is one of the most iconic…
Why read it?
1 author picked Sand Rush as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this book because, on almost every page, I learned something new about the Southern California beaches I enjoy so much—everything from why the beaches physically exist to why the public has access to them. This book digs deep to explore how minority and marginalized populations struggled for beach access during the twentieth century. In doing so, it tells us a lot about how beach culture as we know it emerged in Southern California.
I also appreciate its ending on a cautionary note, explaining how sea levels rising because of unrelenting fossil-fuel combustion threaten to literally wipe out the…
From Michael's list on why wildfires will continue to burn California.
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