LOCAL AUTHOR TOPS AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BORDERS LOCATIONS

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(Free-Press-Release.com) May 24, 2010 -- Southern California radio and television broadcaster (and Cypress resident) Manny Pacheco reached local noteriety when his first book FORGOTTEN HOLLYWOOD FORGOTTEN HISTORY ranked #1 for various weeks in May at BORDERS throughout Southern California. Out of 700 titles, Pacheco's paperback reached the top of the rankings in the "Local History" section of the store. Nationally, in the same category, his work dabbled just outside the Top-50 out of almost 31,000 titles!

FORGOTTEN HOLLYWOOD FORGOTTEN HISTORY tells America's story through the eyes of character actors of Hollywood's Golden Age including Claude Rains, Basil Rathbone, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, and Van Heflin. The paperback recently won the USA BOOK NEWS: 2009 Best Book Award (History - Media Entertainment). You can also find his work in the prestigious libraries of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The American Film Institute, and The Writer's Guild Foundation.

You can also find FORGOTTEN HOLLYWOOD FORGOTTEN HISTORY at The Hollywoodland Experience gift shop, Chevalier's Books in L.A., William's Book Store in San Pedro, The Paley Center for Media gift shop in Beverly Hills, selected Barnes & Noble locations, and on Amazon.

Pacheco recently appeared on FOX 11 "Midday Sunday" with Tony Valdez; and on KFWB 980AM News/Talk "Book Radio Show" with Kari Moran.

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