Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles - Hardcoverby Elsa Devienne (Author), Jenny Price (Foreword by) The first history of the formidable campaign that transformed Los Angeles into one of the world's greatest coastal metropolises, revealing how the city's man made shores became the site for the reinvention of seaside leisure and the triumph of modern bodies. The Los Angeles shoreline is one of the most iconic natural landscapes in the United States, if not the world. The vast shores of Santa Monica,