{"product_id":"dreamers-and-schemers-9780520379718","title":"Dreamers and Schemers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow one man brought the Olympics to Los Angeles, fueling the city's urban transformation.Dreamers and Schemers chronicles how Los Angeles's pursuit and staging of the 1932 Olympic Games during the depths of the Great Depression helped fuel the city's transformation from a seedy frontier village to a world-famous metropolis. Leading that pursuit was the Prince of Realtors, William May (Billy) Garland, a prominent figure in early Los Angeles. In important respects, the story of Billy Garland is the story of Los Angeles. After arriving in Southern California in 1890, he and his allies drove much of the city's historic expansion in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Then, from 1920 to 1932, he directed the city's bid for the 1932 Olympic Games. Garland's quest to host the Olympics provides an unusually revealing window onto a particular time, place, and way of life. Reconstructing the narrative from Garland's visionary notion to its consequential aftermath, Barry Siegel shows \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating tale.\" * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"A gripping portrayal of [Billy] Garland’s marathon campaign to get the Games.\" * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003e“Wonderfully written narrative. . . . Recommended.\" * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In sum, one might say that Siegel’s Olympic effort to demonstrate how the Games and Los Angeles each boosted the development of the other is a medal-worthy effort in itself.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * The New England Journal of History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Author’s Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: Billy’s Parade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 Billy’s Migration\u003cbr\u003e 2 LA on the Cusp\u003cbr\u003e 3 The Quest\u003cbr\u003e 4 A Foot in the Door\u003cbr\u003e 5 The Hand of Man\u003cbr\u003e 6 Rome, 1923\u003cbr\u003e 7 The Great Migration\u003cbr\u003e 8 Protecting the Image\u003cbr\u003e 9 A Bolt from the Blue\u003cbr\u003e 10 Planting a Seed\u003cbr\u003e 11 Then Came the Crash\u003cbr\u003e 12 Berlin, 1930\u003cbr\u003e 13 A Sacred Duty\u003cbr\u003e 14 Desperate Hours\u003cbr\u003e 15 Competing Narratives\u003cbr\u003e 16 Playing His Cards\u003cbr\u003e 17 A Lush New World\u003cbr\u003e 18 A Parallel Universe\u003cbr\u003e 19 The Games\u003cbr\u003e 20 A Footing in the World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes and Sources\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402948125015,"sku":"9780520379718","price":19.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520379718.jpg?v=1730481936","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dreamers-and-schemers-9780520379718","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}