Author: Jan Dennis
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614238081
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
An isolated ocean-view village on the dunes above South Santa Monica Bay, Manhattan Beach grew with the arrival of railroads. This quaint, upscale jewel of the Los Angeles County coast has been known for its cottage-style living, the Metlox Pottery Company and the iconic pier. These diverse stories mix the city's controversies, including the still unsolved 1936 murder of Reid Russell, with true tales of pioneering women, controversial politics and the vicissitudes of seaside city development. Join author Jan Dennis, a former Manhattan Beach city mayor, on this illuminating tour through the issues and eras of her beloved city's history.
Manhattan Beach Chronicles
Author: Jan Dennis
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614238081
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
An isolated ocean-view village on the dunes above South Santa Monica Bay, Manhattan Beach grew with the arrival of railroads. This quaint, upscale jewel of the Los Angeles County coast has been known for its cottage-style living, the Metlox Pottery Company and the iconic pier. These diverse stories mix the city's controversies, including the still unsolved 1936 murder of Reid Russell, with true tales of pioneering women, controversial politics and the vicissitudes of seaside city development. Join author Jan Dennis, a former Manhattan Beach city mayor, on this illuminating tour through the issues and eras of her beloved city's history.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614238081
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
An isolated ocean-view village on the dunes above South Santa Monica Bay, Manhattan Beach grew with the arrival of railroads. This quaint, upscale jewel of the Los Angeles County coast has been known for its cottage-style living, the Metlox Pottery Company and the iconic pier. These diverse stories mix the city's controversies, including the still unsolved 1936 murder of Reid Russell, with true tales of pioneering women, controversial politics and the vicissitudes of seaside city development. Join author Jan Dennis, a former Manhattan Beach city mayor, on this illuminating tour through the issues and eras of her beloved city's history.
Manhattan beach
Author: Jennifer Egan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788804718062
Category : Fiction
Languages : it
Pages : 510
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788804718062
Category : Fiction
Languages : it
Pages : 510
Book Description
Manhattan beach
Author: Jennifer Egan
Publisher: Scrittori italiani e stranieri
ISBN: 9788804687337
Category : Fiction
Languages : it
Pages : 510
Book Description
Publisher: Scrittori italiani e stranieri
ISBN: 9788804687337
Category : Fiction
Languages : it
Pages : 510
Book Description
Manhattan beach
Author: Jennifer Egan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789174297768
Category :
Languages : sv
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789174297768
Category :
Languages : sv
Pages :
Book Description
Manhattan Beach
Author: Jennifer Egan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476716730
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Manhattan Beach opens in Brooklyn during the Great Depression. Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to the house of Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that had always belonged to men. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. She is the sole provider for her mother, a farm girl who had a brief and glamorous career with the Ziegfeld Follies, and her lovely, severely disabled sister. At a nightclub, she chances to meet Dexter Styles again, and she begins to understand the complexity of her father's life, the reasons he might have vanished"--
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476716730
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Manhattan Beach opens in Brooklyn during the Great Depression. Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to the house of Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that had always belonged to men. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. She is the sole provider for her mother, a farm girl who had a brief and glamorous career with the Ziegfeld Follies, and her lovely, severely disabled sister. At a nightclub, she chances to meet Dexter Styles again, and she begins to understand the complexity of her father's life, the reasons he might have vanished"--
Manhattan Beach
Author: Jennifer Egan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783596702190
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783596702190
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 496
Book Description
Manhattan Beach Historical Series
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Manhattan Beach
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manhattan Beach (New York, N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manhattan Beach (New York, N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Manhattan Beach
Author:
Publisher: Windsor Brass
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Publisher: Windsor Brass
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Manhattan Beach
Author: A. J Stevenson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781091218093
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
He was the tough guy that had been in the military. She was the good girl, the attorney at law that would never defend a man like him. They had an instant attraction, a bond, something they couldn't deny. When she returned from vacation to her life in Manhattan she had no idea that one of her best friends was going to become a target, and that he could help that friend.... until he discovered the truth ...
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781091218093
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
He was the tough guy that had been in the military. She was the good girl, the attorney at law that would never defend a man like him. They had an instant attraction, a bond, something they couldn't deny. When she returned from vacation to her life in Manhattan she had no idea that one of her best friends was going to become a target, and that he could help that friend.... until he discovered the truth ...