ABOUT THIS BOOK: Pioneering women like Dr. Rebecca Lee Dorsey, an international expert on hormone therapy, who was advised to move to L.A. at the turn of the 20th Century because this area would be more accepting of her medical practice. Restless geniuses like Jack Northrop, whose need to be his own boss and love of aviation propelled him to become one of the elite visionaries behind the creation of this region's aerospace industry. Free spirits like Sepp Benedikter, an Austrian who was inspired to re-create his homeland's ski slopes on the hillsides of the Cahuenga Pass, by substituting slippery resin-packed pine needles for snow. Flamboyant entertainers like Julian Eltinge who built a fortune on his love for dressing and acting like a woman. But be warned: this is not the standard assortment of oddballs thriving in a region long believed to provide an ideal ecosystem for the offbeat and bizarre. Rather, these are men and women of spirit, vision and high (sometimes even violent) passions who show us why Los Angeles is so often called the city where the future begins. And while all these stories took place decades ago, their messages strongly resonate with us today because Los Angeles still attracts people whose comfort zone encompasses the unconventional. 

Condition: Good. SIGNED! NOT personalized (see photo)! Click on Photo to see actual item. Ships same or next day (weekdays and Saturdays)! Ships in a BOX or RIGID mailer with padding. Ships from California. Stated First Printing, 1998. Pages: not written on, clean, very bright, fine edges, odor free. Dust Jacket: clean, bright, moderate bumping to edges, a few fairly large dimple bumps down front left near spine edge.