Main entry:

Kilston, Lyra, author.

Title & Author:

Sun seekers : the cure of California / Lyra Kilston.

Publication:

Los Angeles, California : Atelier Éditions, [2019]
©2019

Description:

191 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm.

Series:

The illustrated America ; volume 2

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-185) and index.
I. Health seekers -- Escaping miasma -- A healing place -- Chekhov's champagne -- Cottage cures -- The sanatorium belt -- Doctor in the sky -- II. Building a cure -- The architects and the naturopath -- The health house -- Our bodies, our homes -- III. Hermits in the canyons -- Zurück zur Natur! -- The antidote -- Wandering sisters -- Reform corrupted -- I wish they all could be California girls -- There is death in the pot -- True manhood -- A million beards.

Summary:

Sunlight was once considered medicinal, a substance that doctors prescribed and architects summoned indoors with bold new designs. Around the turn of the 20th century, sun-drenched locales like Southern California proved an ideal testing ground for unorthodox thinking about healthy living, from diet to fitness to housing. The region's celebrated climate and untamed nature lured waves of newcomers--health-seekers, iconoclasts, dropouts--all seeking antidotes to physical and civilizational ailments. Their search led to remarkable curiosities like the "Health House," a helio-therapeutic modern home; the world's first raw vegan cafeteria; and a group of eccentric barefoot men who camped out in the hills and canyons, getting back to nature long before the 1960s. Lyra Kilston revisits these lesser-known histories and unusual characters, tracing the colorful and surprising origins of how the region became a famed magnet for healthy living. 'Sun Seekers - The Cure of California' constitutes the second volume of The Illustrated America, Atelier Éditions, an ongoing series excavating America's cultural past.

ISBN:

9780997593587 paperback
099759358X paperback

Subject:

Leisure California, Southern History.
Architecture California, Southern History.
Loisir Californie (Sud) Histoire.
Architecture Californie (Sud) Histoire.
Architecture.
Leisure.
Manners and customs.
California, Southern History.
California, Southern Social life and customs.
Californie (Sud) Histoire.
Californie (Sud) Mœurs et coutumes.
Southern California.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Illustrated America ; v. 2.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 305105
Call No.: BIB 250846
Status: Available