Description

LAAC Press [Published Date: 1980]. Hardcover, 176 pp. One of 8000 unnumbered copies. Very good/ Missing dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations throughout, Apped, Index, Bibliography. A richly detailed history, including first hand recollections and many great photos, of the Los Angeles Athletic Club's first 100 years. Contents include: Pueblo to city; "The best young men"; the Arcadia Block; Blazing new trails; the Downey Block; Riding high; the Stowell Block; Disaster in the wings; the Wilson Block; Born again; Seventh and Olive; Spotlight on sports; The exuberant twenties; Growth and expansion; The Tenth Olympiad; Faith in the future; Pursuit of excellence; The Club today