Rivers in the Desert

William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles

Margaret Leslie Davis (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

268 Seiten

2014
Open Road Media (Verlag)
978-1-4976-3878-5 (ISBN)

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The rise and fall of William Mulholland, and the story of L.A.’s disastrous dam collapse: “A dramatic saga of ambition, politics, money and betrayal” (Los Angeles Daily News).

Rivers in the Desert 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.

This “fascinating history” chronicles Mulholland’s 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 (Newsweek). The disaster, which killed at least five hundred people, caused his repudiation by allies, friends, and a previously adoring community. Epic in scope, Rivers in the Desert chronicles the history of Los Angeles and examines the tragic fate of the man who rescued it.

“An arresting biography of William Mulholland, the visionary Los Angeles Water Department engineer . . . [his] personal and public dramas make for gripping reading.” —Publishers Weekly

“A fascinating look at the political maneuvering and engineering marvels that moved the City of Angels into the first rank of American cities.” —Booklist

Margaret Leslie Davis is the award-winning author of The Culture Broker, Rivers in the Desert, and the Los Angeles Times bestseller Dark Side of Fortune. She lives in Los Angeles.

Dedication
Epigraph
Prologue
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 - Genesis
Chapter 2 - Hand of Betrayal
Chapter 3 - Sweet Stolen Water
Chapter 4 - Faithful Servant
Chapter 5 - Noise of Many Waters
Chapter 6 - Blood of Sacrifice
Chapter 7 - Deliverance
Chapter 8 - Prodigal Daughter
Chapter 9 - Eden
Chapter 10 - Wars in Heaven
Chapter 11 - Unbowed
Chapter 12 - Retribution
Chapter 13 - Rivers of Hades
Chapter 14
Chapter 15 - Persecution
Chapter 16 - Judgment
Chapter 17 - Redemption
Chapter 18 - Kingdom of Angels
Epilogue
Bibliography
Author Biography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.10.2014
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	133 x 203 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Historische Romane
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Technik ► Bauwesen
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-4976-3878-X / 149763878X
ISBN-13	978-1-4976-3878-5 / 9781497638785
Zustand	Neuware