Braudy, Leo. The Hollywood Sign: Fantasy and Reality of an American Icon. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011.

ISBN 030015660X, 978-0300156607

Contents

Prologue — 1
One: Hollywood Before “Hollywood” — 11
Two: Hollywood Becomes “Hollywood” — 43
Three: Hooray for Hollywood — 87
Four: Shadows on the Sign — 118
Five: From Eyesore to Icon — 145
Notes — 193
Bibliography — 197
Acknowledgements — 201
Index — 203

Reviews

• Paul Brownfield, The Los Angeles Times, February 27, 2011.
• Geoff Nicholson, The San Francisco Chronicle, March 6, 2011.
• Jonathan Kirsch, The Jewish Journal, March 1, 2011.

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