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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-101467134155
ISBN-139781467134156
eBay Product ID (ePID)216014490
Product Key Features
Book TitleCalabasas
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, Wa), Customs & Traditions, Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Social Science, Photography, History
AuthorCimberly Castellon
Book SeriesImages of America Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight0.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-943287
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal979.4/93
SynopsisCalabasas is located in the hills west of the San Fernando Valley in the northwest Santa Monica Mountains. The Chumash Indians were the first to settle in this picturesque region, abundant with wildlife, water, and shady oak trees. The early years of Calabasas offer a colorful history full of buried treasure, cattle and sheep ranches, stagecoaching, ghost sightings, and some of Southern California's roughest and toughest residents. Between the 1920s and 1970s, countless films and television episodes were filmed in the west San Fernando Valley area alone. It was a time when Westerns ruled the scene, and the studios bought up huge tracts of underdeveloped acreage in the hills around Calabasas to serve as movie ranches. Today, Calabasas is primarily a city of master-planned communities that are home to over 23,000 residents, including many of Hollywood's rich and famous. In banning secondhand smoke, plastic bags, and Styrofoam, Calabasas has been on the forefront of enacting environmental stewardship to preserve its historical roots and protect its open spaces.
Calabasas history is wonderful in this book, but I may be a little bias. My g-grandmother's family owned the store on the front cover, the Coopers. The hardback feature is great, I'd never seen one of these types of books published like that. They are usually softcover. It's perfect since I plan on keeping this book on my bookshelf for many years to come.
Thomas Lamar Farnum