California Pop Table of Contents
Introduction xi
Chapter 1: California Dreaming in the Age of Conquest 1
Chapter 2: You Are Here 13
Chapter 3: The Padre’s Progress 19
Chapter 4: Rancho Paradiso 31
Chapter 5: Johnny’s War 39
Chapter 6: Going for the Gold 47
Chapter 7: All to See the Elephant 55
Chapter 8: At the Devil’s Doorway 63
Chapter 9: Come and Get It…Please! 73
Chapter 10: The Surge of the Swells 81
Chapter 11: Nuevo Paradiso 91
Chapter 12: Some Assembly Required 105
Chapter 13: Hello-ha Hawaii 117
Chapter 14: A Tale of Two Cities 129
Chapter 15: Reveling Our Way to Ruin 141
Chapter 16: All Ahead Slow 153
Chapter 17: War All Over Again 169
Chapter 18: A World Away from Yesterday 179
Chapter 19: Futurama 191
Chapter 20: Mid-Century Makeover 211
Chapter 21: Dreamland USA 227
Chapter 22: The New Frontier 249
Chapter 23: The American Riviera 271
Chapter 24: California Popped! 285
California Pop Foot Notes 299
California Pop Bibliography 307
Here is just a partial list of the notables that appear within the pages ofCalifornia Pop. How many do you recognize?
Christopher Columbus, The Rolling Stones, George Freeth, Annette Funicello, William Mulholland, Zora Arkus-Duntov, Cecil B. DeMille, Leo Fender, Charles Fletcher Lummis, Les Baxter, John Lautner, Marlon Brando, Mark Twain, Hernan Cortes, The Surfaris, Bruce Brown, Martin Denny, Abraham Lincoln, Kathy (Gidget) Kohner, Wyatt Earp, Henry Ford, The Beatles, Chuck Yeager, Cliff May, Juan Cabrillo, Mark Hopkins, Kit Carson, Ed (Big Daddy) Roth, Edward Doheny, Buffalo Springfield, Robert E. Petersen, Dick Dale, Charles & Ray Eames, Yma Sumac, Joseph Stalin, Helen Hunt Jackson, The Grateful Dead, Sandra Dee, Hobie Alter, Sir Francis Drake, Dewey Webber, Les Paul, John F. Kennedy, Father Junipero Serra, Richard Neutra, Jose Figueroa, The Wrecking Crew, Richard Henry Dana, John Sutter, Frank Lloyd Wright, Duke Kahanamoku, Clark Gable, The Byrds, George Barris, Joe Quigg, Dave Brubeck, Von Dutch, The Beach Boys, Terry (Tube steak) Tracy, Frankie Avalon, Francisco de Coronado, Ed Sullivan, James Dean, The Jefferson Airplane… and many more.
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