Secrets of Los Angeles (Call of Cthulhu - Rule, Source & Supplement Books (Chaosium 5.6-6th Editions))
Language: English
Published by Chaosium, 1999
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Chaosium Call of Cthulhu - Rule, Source & Supplement Books (Chaosium 5.6-6th Editions) Secrets of Los Angeles (VG+) Manufacturer: Chaosium Product Line: Call of Cthulhu - Rule, Source & Supplement Books (Chaosium 5.6-6th Editions) Type: Softcover Code: CHA23111 Copyright Date: 2007 Author: Peter Aperlo Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. All pictures are stock photos. The condition of the item you will receive is VG+. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Product Description: The City of Angels--No burg this side of the pearly gates could live up to such a moniker, and L.A. isn't even trying. You won't see many inhabitants of that sprawling boom-town sprouting downy wings or signing up for the celestial choir. Sure, L.A. has more than its share of evangelists, faith-healers, and political do-gooders, but when your economy is built on black gold, land speculation, the Hollywood dream factory, and the sweat of migrant workers, it attracts a lot more than just the saintly. The fresh-faced, scrubbed-clean, Midwest wholesomeness they plaster all over the real estate ads doesn't even tell a tenth of the story. You can't have sunshine without casting shadows, and one thing L.A. has in spades is sunshine! 1920s Los Angeles is a fast-growing, fast-moving city encompassing all that is great and all that is rotten in America. A racial, ethnic, and religious melting pot presaging what America would become later in the century, L.A. nonetheless clings to a veneer of White Protestantism more in line with farm-belt states like Iowa. The very-newly-rich build pleasure palaces in hills and on beaches, while recent immigrants and the descendants of the first humans to walk the land huddle in filthy shanty towns reminiscent of the most squalid parts of the undeveloped world. Philanthropists endow the city with impressive monuments and dreams of utopian society, while greedy businessmen and industrialists crush the labor movement spawn scandals that rock the nation. Celebrated movie stars work and play before the eyes of the world, while rum runners and racketeers ply their trade in the shadows, hand-in-hand with crooked cops and two-faced politicians. Yet underneath it all courses an energy at once vibrant and unwholesome. Los Angeles is a place where anyone can be reinvented, and multitudes do at a price. It is a place where dark and blasphemous secrets infest every level of society, belying the carefree and envied lifestyle broadcast to the world. Behind the glitz and glamour of Tinseltown primordial, pre-human forces and their twisted minions work to undermine the foundations of sanity.…
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- Title
- Secrets of Los Angeles (Call of Cthulhu - Rule, Source & Supplement Books (Chaosium 5.6-6th Editions))
- Author
- Peter Aperlo
- Publisher
- Chaosium
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Softcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1568822138
- ISBN 13
- 9781568822136
- Illustrator
- Paul Carrick
- Series
- Book 71 of 126: Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying
L.A. nonetheless clung to a veneer of White Protestantism more in line with farm-belt states in the Midwest. The newly rich built pleasure palaces in her hills and on her beaches, while recent immigrants and the descendants of the first humans who walked the land huddled together in filthy shantytowns. These resembled the most squalid parts of the undeveloped world.
Philanthropists endowed the city with impressive monuments and dreams of a utopian society, while greedy businessmen and industrialists crushed the labor movement and embroiled themselves in scandals that rocked the nation. Celebrated movie stars worked and played before the eyes of the world, while rumrunners and racketeers plied their trade behind the scenes in the land of noir, hand-in-hand with crooked cops and two-faced politicians. Eastern sophisticates dismissed the city as an abode of the frivolous and the nouveau riche, yet underneath it all coursed an energy at once vibrant and unwholesome.
Los Angeles was a place where anyone could reinvent himself, and multitudes did at a price. It was also a place where dark and blasphemous secrets infested every level of society, belying the carefree and enviable lifestyle broadcast to the world. For behind the glitz and glamour of Tinseltown, primordial, inhuman forces and their twisted minions worked to undermine the very foundations of sanity.
SECRETS OF LOS ANGELES is an informative resource for Call of Cthulhu roleplaying. Here are facts, legends, and rumors of the people, places, and events that made 1920s Los Angeles the exciting place it was.
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