Rock Me on the Water: 1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics

New York Times Bestseller

Editors' Choice —New York Times Book Review

In this exceptional cultural history, Atlantic Senior Editor Ronald Brownstein—“one of America's best political journalists” (The Economist)—tells the kaleidoscopic story of one monumental year that marked the city of Los Angeles’ creative peak, a glittering moment when popular culture was ahead of politics in predicting what America would become.

Los Angeles in 1974 exerted more influence over popular culture than any othe...