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The great acts--from Hendrix to Joplin and from Kiss to Korn--played to the Orange County crowd at such classic venues as Huntington Beach's Golden Bear, the Anaheim Convention Center and Anaheim's Doll Hut. Rock 'n' roll's OC roots include Leo Fe...

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A young screenwriter is invited to collaborate with Jimi Hendrix on a film, resulting in the wildest eighteen months of his life and coinciding with the tumultuous final months of Hendrixs life. In 1969, a twenty-something screenwriter with one mo...

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Teslas Brian Wheat lifts the lid on living the rock n roll life while struggling with anxiety, depression, and other issues seldom discussed by musicians. Brian Wheat is far from your typical rock star. As bassist for the multi-platinum band, Tesl...

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Meet Phil Collen. You may know him as the lead guitarist in Def Leppard, whose signature song Pour Some Sugar on Me is still as widely enjoyed as when it debuted in 1988. Maybe youve heard of him as the rock star who gave up alcohol and meat more ...

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A revelatory, redemptive, and wild...juicy (Rolling Stone) memoir from the lead guitarist of the legendary hard rock band Def Leppardthe first ever written by one of its memberschronicling the bands extraordinary rise to superstardom and how they ...

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Meet Phil Collen. You may know him as the lead guitarist in Def Leppard, whose signature song Pour Some Sugar on Me is still as widely enjoyed as when it debuted in 1988. Maybe you ve heard of him as the rock star who gave up alcohol and meat more...

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A revelatory, redemptive, and wild...juicy (Rolling Stone) memoir from the lead guitarist of the legendary hard rock band Def Leppardthe first ever written by one of its memberschronicling the bands extraordinary rise to superstardom and how they ...

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Incorporated in 1909, Huntington Beach remained a sleepy seaside town until the city's legendary oil boom in the 1920s. Wells sprang up overnight, and in less than a month, the city's population more than doubled. As the area developed culturally ...

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Opened to the public in June of 1923, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum can arguably be called "America's Most Historic Sports Stadium." In 1984 the Memorial Coliseum was declared a State and Federal Historic Landmark for its contributions to both...

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Orange County formally separated from Los Angeles County in 1889, and there's been no looking back. Wilderness gave way to rich farmlands, where oranges, lemons, avocados, and walnuts made agriculture the new county's most important industry; the ...

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The Polo Grounds is one of baseball's most sacred ballparks. Built below Coogan's Bluff in 1891, the bathtub-shaped stadium played host to iconic baseball moments, including Willie Mays's famous catch in the 1954 World Series and Bobby Thomson's "...

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Baseball's long and storied history in Los Angeles has been played at venues including the turn-of-the-century Chutes Park, which was part of an amusement park, as well as Gilmore Field, where the Hollywood Stars played, and Wrigley Field, where m...

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Organized baseball in Orange County began in the late 1880s when community teams began forming among oil well workers. Around 1900, a farm boy from Kansas named Walter Johnson arrived with his family. Soon, the flame-throwing future hall-of-fame p...

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This amazing portrait of the bizarre, shocking, weird and wonderful moments that have come to define American popular culture is a follow-up to the critically acclaimed James Dean Died Here and Marilyn Monroe Dyed Here. A third collection of the l...

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Journey through America's rock n roll history with the musical landmarks detailed in this extensive colelction... Nearly 600 locations, including birthplaces, concert locales, hotel rooms and graves, are neatly compiled and paired with histor...

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In her extraordinary swimming career, Shirley Babashoff set 39 national records and 11 world records. Heading into the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Babashoff was pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated and followed closely by the media. All...

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Capturing such quintessentially American pastimes as baseball and road trips in one fascinating work, the updated and expanded third edition of Chris Eptings Roadside Baseball chronicles more than 500 important events in baseball history, with det...

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Bingo!: Forty Years in the NBA is the memoir of legendary Los Angeles Clippers and sports broadcaster Ralph Lawler. Bingo! covers Lawlers extraordinary life and career, from his childhood in Peoria, Illinois; through his time at Bradley University...

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Since forming in 1889, Orange County, California has become famous all over the world for being home to such popular attractions as Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, and some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. But there are also many other p...

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Author Chris Epting established a new genre in book publishing when a trio of titles in the early 2000sJames Dean Died Here: The Locations of Americas Pop Culture Landmarks, Elvis Presley Passed Here, and Marilyn Monroe Dyed Herewere released to c...

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Author Chris Epting established a new genre in book publishing when a trio of titles in the early 2000sJames Dean Died Here: The Locations of Americas Pop Culture Landmarks,Elvis Presley Passed Here,andMarilyn Monroe Dyed Herewere released to crit...

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Since forming in 1889, Orange County, California has become famous all over the world for being home to such popular attractions as Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, and some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. But there are also many other p...

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Bingo!: 40 Years in the NBA is the memoir of legendary Los Angeles Clippers and sports broadcaster Ralph Lawler. The book covers Lawler's extraordinary life and career, from his childhood in Peoria, Illinois; through his time at Bradley University...

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Capturing such quintessentially American pastimes as baseball and road trips in one fascinating work, the updated and expanded third edition of Chris Epting's Roadside Baseball chronicles more than 500 important events in baseball history with det...

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In her extraordinary swimming career, Shirley Babashoff set thirty-nine national records and eleven world records. Prior to the 1990s, she was the most successful U.S. female Olympian and, in her prime, was widely considered to be the greatest fem...

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Anyone who has ever wondered where Dorothy's ruby slippers, George Washington's teeth, or the world's largest olive are located will be thrilled to take this journey to find hundreds of the most important items from America's popular culture. Foun...

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In Hello, Its Me, pop culture historian Chris Epting celebrates the cultural touchstones of the past 40 yearsthe music, movies, television, hobbies, and fads that have defined recent generations.Whether its shooting hoops with NBA legend Elgin Bay...

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Anyone who has ever wondered where Dorothy's ruby slippers, George Washington's teeth, or the world's largest olive are located will be thrilled to take this journey to find hundreds of the most important items from America's popular culture. Foun...

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