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Summary: This is an awesome coffee table book!
Review: Charles Phoenix has obviously spent countless hours researching this book. The amazing photos and memorabilia gathered here are priceless and worthy of more than a mere cursory examination. Where else could you see this stuff? His text evokes memories of innocent times we'll never see again. I'm giving this book to co-workers, family, and friends as holiday gifts. I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't treasure this book - I want everything Charles Phoenix can dish out! More pleeeze!
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I saw this book at a bookstore a few weeks ago. Today, I went back to buy it. This is a really cool book. Although this book is about the 50's, and I wasn't born until 1965, I remember visiting many of the places in this book that have since been torn down. I would recommend this book!
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Summary: Excellent - great fun!
Review: Our library just added this book to their collection and I began reading it out of curiousity. It's fabulous - filled with great pictures and chock full of unique facts. Reading it made me feel like I stepped back in time. Great coffee table or gift book.
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Summary: Excellent - great fun!
Review: Our library just added this book to their collection and I began reading it out of curiousity. It's fabulous - filled with great pictures and chock full of unique facts. Reading it made me feel like I stepped back in time. Great coffee table or gift book.
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Summary: Fun, fun, fun... let's have more from Charles Phoenix!
Review: This book is, well, fun for anyone with a Los Angeles childhood, like me. However, for anyone who loves kitsch and Californiana, this book is well worth the price. Sun, Fun and Fantasy" takes an indulgent, loving look at a time and place that's largely been torn down and paved over. The author gets more than five stars from me for his accuracy--I couldn't find one error, based on my memory, my extensive reading about California, and yes, my picture postcard collection!My hope is that this author will produce follow-up volumes from the '60s and '70s.
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Summary: Fun, fun, fun... let's have more from Charles Phoenix!
Review: This book is, well, fun for anyone with a Los Angeles childhood, like me. However, for anyone who loves kitsch and Californiana, this book is well worth the price. Sun, Fun and Fantasy" takes an indulgent, loving look at a time and place that's largely been torn down and paved over. The author gets more than five stars from me for his accuracy--I couldn't find one error, based on my memory, my extensive reading about California, and yes, my picture postcard collection! My hope is that this author will produce follow-up volumes from the '60s and '70s.
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Summary: Fun, fun, fun... let's have more from Charles Phoenix!
Review: This book is, well, fun for anyone with a Los Angeles childhood, like me. However, for anyone who loves kitsch and Californiana, this book is well worth the price. Sun, Fun and Fantasy" takes an indulgent, loving look at a time and place that's largely been torn down and paved over. The author gets more than five stars from me for his accuracy--I couldn't find one error, based on my memory, my extensive reading about California, and yes, my picture postcard collection! My hope is that this author will produce follow-up volumes from the '60s and '70s.
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Summary: Just A Great Book On A Fun Subject!
Review: Wow! If you've seen Charles Phoenix' slide shows, you know how dedicated he is to mid-century Southern California. He loves it, but he can also laugh at it. It's a perfect coffee table book, in fact it's on my coffee table right now. One-of-a-kind photos galore (many from discarded family slides found in thrift shops), along with fun, informative text. Buy this book. See his shows. Enjoy life!
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