Set The Night On Fire: L.A. in the Sixties by Jon Wiener, Mike Davis

Set The Night On Fire: L.A. in the Sixties

Jon Wiener, Mike Davis

800 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A magisterial, kaleidoscopic, riveting history of Los Angeles in the SixtiesHistories of the US Sixties invariably focus on New York City, but Los Angeles was an epicenter of that decade's political and social earthquake. LA was a launchpad for Bl...

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challenging 83%
reflective 50%
inspiring 33%
dark 16%
emotional 16%
hopeful 16%

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