Forever L.A.: A Field Guide to Los Angeles Area Cemeteries & Their Residents - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1423605225 ISBN 13: 9781423605225

Publisher: Gibbs Smith, 2010

Synopsis

Stunning photographs, fascinating text, and easy GPS directions for finding gracious architecture, fabulous artwork, and memorable gravesites of famous Los Angeles “residents.”

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Forever L.A. is for those who call Los Angeles home and for those who live vicariously through and have been entertained by the residents of its beautiful cemeteries. In fascinating stories and images, Douglas Keister discusses cemetery symbols, funerary architecture, and secret societies and clubs. He provides GPS coordinates for most gravesites and a map to pinpoint each cemetery featured:

Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale

Forest Lawn Memorial Park Hollywood Hills

Hillside Memorial Park

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Inglewood Park Cemetery

P>Holy Cross Cemetery

Evergreen Cemetery

Westwood Village Memorial Park

Valhalla Memorial Park

Mountain View Cemetery

Home of Peace Memorial Park

Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park

Haunted Mansion—Disneyland

About the Author:

Chico, California-based photographer Douglas Keister has photographed twenty-two award-winning, critically acclaimed books. His seventeen books on architecture include four books on Victorian homes (Daughter's of Painted Ladies, Painted Ladies Revisited, America's Painted Ladies and Victorian Glory); three books on bungalow homes (The Bungalow, Inside the Bungalow and Outside the Bungalow), a book on 1920s whimsical homes (Storybook Style) a book about cemetery art and architecture (Going Out in Style), a book on Spanish architecture, (Red Tile Style), six books on bungalow details and Classic Cottages, that will be published by Gibbs Smith Publisher in the Spring of 2004. Keister photographed and wrote an award winning children's book (Fernando's Gift), has two monographs of his personal work (Black Rock and Driftwood Whimsy), a book on classic travel trailers, (Ready to Roll) and a book on cemetery symbolism, Stories in Stone: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Cemetery Symbolism, that will be published by Gibbs Smith Publisher in the Spring of 2004. His wealth of books on architecture has earned him the title, "America's most noted photographer of historic architecture."

About this edition

• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1423605225
• ISBN 13: 9781423605225
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256