ANGEL CITY IN TURMOIL! A Story of the Minute Men of Los Angeles in Their War on Civic Corruption, Graft and Privilege

Los Angeles: Amer Press, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Inscribed and dated by Guy Finney on the front flyleaf. Sensational account of corruption in Los Angeles and the group of private citizens whose objective was to end the graft and privilege within city government. Among other things, their efforts led to the recall of Mayor Frank L. Shaw in 1938. Octavo: 211 pp. Original brown cloth binding, with black titles. Some moderate toning and wear along the extremities of the dust jacket, with a chip along the top of the rear panel. Accompanied by the seldom seen wrapround bound, which declares "READ THIS BEFORE YOUR VOTE (truncated) (Inventory #: 77843)