LAPD '53
By: James Ellroy, and Glynn Martin, Los Angeles Police Museum, Executive Director
Contributors: Martin, Glynn, author; Los Angeles Police Museum
Publisher: ABRAMS
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781419715853
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Los Angeles (Calif.).; Police; Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department; Pictorial works; History
Other titles: Los Angeles Police Department 1953
Description: James Ellroy, the undisputed master of crime writing, has teamed up with the Los Angeles Police Museum to present a stunning text on 1953 LA. While combing the museum's photo archives, Ellroy discovered that the year featured a wide array of stark and unusual imagery--and he has written 25,000 words that illuminate the crimes and law enforcement of the era. Ellroy o ffers context and layers on wild and rich atmosphere--this is the cauldron that was police work in the city of the tarnished angels more than six decades ago. More than 80 duotone photos are spread throughout the book in the manner of hard-edged police evidence.