The Lure of a Land by the Sea: Venice Vignettes
Delores Hanney
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2012
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Venice, California. Its history is as unconventional as a rottweiler in a string of pearls. Launched as a Renaissancey fabrication of high-class ideals, at a breakneck pace it morphed along into something quite unintended: a beachside amusement zone with fun houses, thrill rides, geeks and freaks and camels. Beginning in 1910, it would become a favorite spot for making movies. Later it would attract body builders, strung out poets, musicians, muralists, a couple of racecar builders and a big deal ad shop. Boogieing around the central motif of following one's dream, they are all to be found - and more too - in The Lure of a Land by the Sea: Venice Vignettes.