Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland
π Fiction
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1992
π Open Road Media
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Rivers in the Desert
β Scribed by Margaret Leslie Davis
- Publisher
- Open Road Media
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 268
- Category
- Library
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Rivers in the DesertΒ is the quintessential American story. It follows the remarkable career of William Mulholland, the visionary who engineered the rise of Los Angeles as the greatest American city west of the Mississippi. He sought to transform the sparse and barren desert into an inhabitable environment by designing the longest aqueduct in the Western Hemisphere, bringing water from the mountains to support a large city. Davis chronicles Mulhollandβs dramatic ascension to wealth and fame, followed by his tragic downfall after the sudden collapse of the dam he had constructed to safeguard the water supply. The disaster, which killed at least five hundred people, caused his repudiation by allies, friends, and a previously adoring community.
Epic in scope,Β Rivers in the DesertΒ chronicles the history of Los Angeles and examines the tragic fate of the man who rescued it.
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