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Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles

“Freewaytopia deftly connects dreams, politics, new suburbs, and white privilege to tell the stories of L.A.’s freeways. Hostile to communities of color when they were built and loathed today by gridlocked drivers, the freeways still reveal a rough grandeur in their overpasses and interchanges. When the road ahead is unexpectedly open, L.A.'s freeways can be poetic. Paul Haddad has caught their vital rhythm.” —D. J. Waldie, author of Becoming Los Angeles: Myth, Memory, and a Sense of Place “Los Angeles freeways often get a bad rap, but author Paul Haddad finds the beauty in them. . . . The author’s affection is reflected in his knack for unearthing fascinating facts about people and cultural events related to the creation of highways across the Southland.”—AAA Westways “Paul Haddad’s Freewaytopia is a marvelous civic history of 12 essential routes that belt the urban expanse, all creations of the bikini and slide rule era. . . . Haddad writes with the love and skepticism of a native Angeleno, mining the archives for the distinctive news items that function as collective folklore. . . . [Freewaytopia] delivers exactly what it promises: a lively and fact-driven history of 12 freeways that adds up to a Los Angeles realist canvas. . . . Haddad’s prose shines. . . . Freewaytopia is an easy read that packs a factual wallop.” —Los Angeles Review of Books “With verve and authority, [Haddad] loops you into Freewaytopia, an encyclopedic, anecdotal and photographic history of Los Angeles County’s two dozen freeways. . . . Open to almost any page and you’ll find a saga, a drama, a nugget to amaze your friends.” —Patt Morrison, journalist, best-selling author, and radio-television personality “Over the years there have been others like Joan Didion, Thomas Pynchon, David Brodsly, and Eric Avila among others that have also spotlighted Los Angeles freeways, but [Paul Haddad] might be the most comprehensive in how he examines the complete landscape.” —Mike Sonksen, L.A. Taco “The freeways of Los Angeles are so ubiquitous and functional that they're easy to ignore. But every mile of elevated roadway was carved from lost landscapes worth knowing. And in his nimbly written, deeply researched, myth-busting book, Paul Haddad chronicles both the growth and what was taken away—most often from the Angelenos who had the least to lose—as the city reshaped itself in the service of cars, speed and sprawl. Recommended for transit policy wonks, local history lovers and anyone who has missed their lane in a complicated cloverleaf and wondered why they built it that way.” —Kim Cooper, Esotouric “In his latest book, Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles, author Paul Haddad takes readers on a whirlwind tour through the history and lore of Los Angeles' sprawling highway system.” —Engadget.com “Endlessly absorbing and a joy to read. Paul Haddad knows Los Angeles inside and out and his love of the area shines forth in this book.” —LA-Explorer.com “Every city with freeways deserves its version of Freewaytopia.” —Josh Stephens, contributing editor, California Planning & Development Report Voted one of the Top Urban Planning Books of 2022 by Planetizen.com!

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Don't Stop the Presses

Newspapers remain democracy's cornerstone as "the first draft of history"—journalist Patt Morrison celebrates this essential American institution in "Don't Stop the Presses!" exploring journalism's vital role in preserving truth and justice.Real News on real paper. Newspapers—a free press—were the cornerstone of the Founding Fathers’ working model of democracy. And they remain so. Whether read at the kitchen table, in the boardroom, or on a laptop on the subway, newspapers—as has been said of them for more than a half-century—are “the first draft of history.” Veteran journalist Patt Morrison proves it, and then some, in the pages of Don’t Stop the Presses! Truth, Justice, and the American Newspaper.Morrison showcases the importance of newspapers—in both words and startling imagery—and documents the impact of the medium. The press’s mission—as Morrison emphasizes—is uniquely set out in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights: “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” From the broadsheets of the American Revolution to the computer displays of the electronic revolution, from the age of street-corner newsboys in the days of the Hearsts and Pulitzers to the advent of legitimate online news sites, newspapers are the voices of a nation. Morrison’s wit and remarkable journalistic wisdom are amplified by the histories of the papers, people, places, and events that captivated America and its front pages. Images and vivid anecdotes from the nation's two-plus centuries of newspapering enhance the story in words. More than 200 images present the visual side of Morrison’s remarkable story.In his eloquent foreword, Dean Baquet, executive editor of The New York Times, sees the role of newspapers as nothing short of a moral and democratic imperative: “It has never been more evident than in this year, when the glories of journalism have been on display, when the newsrooms Patt Morrison’s timely book summons to mind woke up to find themselves once again vital to Democracy.”There is one overwhelming message in Morrison’s book: Don’t Stop the Presses!