Smogtown: The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles by Chip Jacobs

Smogtown: The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles

Chip Jacobs with William J. Kelly

384 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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The smog beast wafted into downtown Los Angeles on July 26, 1943. Nobody knew what it was. Secretaries rubbed their eyes. Traffic cops seemed to disappear in the mysterious haze. Were Japanese saboteurs responsible? A reckless factory? The truth w...

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