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Language English ISBN 978-0-8018-6047-8 Country United States of America | 4/5 Goodreads Pages 369 pp Originally published 1999 Genre Non-fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth is a 1999 American non-fiction book written by Blake Gumprecht.
Contents
Overview
An investigative look into the history of the Los Angeles River and the crucial role it played in the settlement and growth of Los Angeles.
Article
A December 8, 2003 article by writer Charlie LeDuff for The New York Times entitled Los Angeles by Kayak: Vistas of Concrete Banks was accused of drawing from The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth. One week later, on December 15, 2003, The New York Times appended a clarification:
LeDuff discussed various accusations made against his reporting in a March 11, 2008 interview with essayist Dan Schneider.
References
The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA