Mansel G. Blackford. The Lost Dreams: Businessmen and City Planning on the Pacific Coast, 1890–1920. (Urban Life and Urban Landscape Series.) Columbus: Ohio State University Press. 1993. Pp. xiii, 189 Get access Blackford Mansel G.. The Lost Dreams: Businessmen and City Planning on the Pacific Coast, 1890–1920. (Urban Life and Urban Landscape Series.) Columbus: Ohio State University Press. 1993. Pp. xiii, 189. Lawrence H. Larsen Lawrence H. Larsen University of Missouri, Kansas City Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 99, Issue 3, June 1994, Page 988, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/99.3.988 Published: 01 June 1994