ISBN: 9780060166984 - rivers in the desert: the rise and fall of william mulholland (27 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Rivers in the Desert 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 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. 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. Margaret L. Davis's Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles and Dark Side of Fortune both won the Golden Spur Award for Best Nonfiction Book. Davis is a graduate of Georgetown University and was formerly editor of arts and humanities at the Excite Network. Davis has a law degree and lives in Los Angeles, California.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Rivers in the Desert 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 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. 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. Margaret L. Davis's Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles and Dark Side of Fortune both won the Golden Spur Award for Best Nonfiction Book. Davis is a graduate of Georgetown University and was formerly editor of arts and humanities at the Excite Network. Davis has a law degree and lives in Los Angeles, California.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Rivers in the Desert 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 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. 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. Margaret L. Davis's Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles and Dark Side of Fortune both won the Golden Spur Award for Best Nonfiction Book. Davis is a graduate of Georgetown University and was formerly editor of arts and humanities at the Excite Network. Davis has a law degree and lives in Los Angeles, California.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Rivers in the Desert 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 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. 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. Margaret L. Davis's Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles and Dark Side of Fortune both won the Golden Spur Award for Best Nonfiction Book. Davis is a graduate of Georgetown University and was formerly editor of arts and humanities at the Excite Network. Davis has a law degree and lives in Los Angeles, California.…

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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condición: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Dedication in pen on first page, otherwise, No writing, highlighting, or marks in text.Binding tight. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included and in fair condition. Cover clean. Minor wear to page edges and corners.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 303 pages, notes, bibliography, index. Small soil spot on the lower front board, minor edge wear to the jacket, text clean.

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Harpercollins, 1993. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.

Hardcover. First Edition. Stated first edition with full number line and $24 price to djClean pages, small marker stripe to text block bottom edge, cloth boards and dust jacket clean, Illustrated dust jacket over cloth boardsPlease contact us about shipping costs for international orders of over-sized books or multi-book sets. We are happy to provide accurate quote prior to purchase. Clean pages, small marker stripe Illustrated dust jacket over clo.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Very Good, Not Price Clipped. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 10; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. stated 1st edition/1st printing with full number line, hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.

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Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., Wraps 294pp. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Proof. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Sticker ghost. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or toning. Promotional newsletter laid in. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. The blue and cream boards have light wear, previous owners signature on front free page, with 303 pages. The dust jacket is not price clipped and has no tears.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG plus octavo hardcover in a like dj. Mark free first edition. 8vo. 303pp. Index photos. West.

NF/NF. Appears unread. Second printing. 303 pp.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good.

tan & blue hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. little nick at spine top, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (#1 in # line). deckled foredge. xii+303p. glossy b&w photo illustrations. notes. bibliography. index. american history. los angeles aqueduct. owens valley. sierra nevada mountains. st. francis dam. murder. negligence. hoover dam. colorado river. owens river. long valley cattle ranch. lucille mulholland. dr. raymond g. taylor. san fransquito canyon. santa paula. hollywood lake. harry chandler. georger cryer. dj desmond. john gray. e.h. harriman. asa keyes. long valley ranch. harvey van norman. watterson bros. ~ Rivers in the Desert tells a mythlike American story of how one man, through vision, daring, and engineering genius, invented the Los Angeles of the future, only to fall tragically from grace due to an unforeseen disaster. The man was William Mulholland; his creation, the Los Angeles Aqueduct, the tremendous waterway that transformed an arid and sparsely populated town into a thriving city of millions. In 1907, Mulholland and his army of 5,000 men began building the longest aqueduct in the Western hemisphere: 235 miles of canals, conduits, tunnels, flumes, and massive steel siphons that transport water from Owens Valley in the Sierra Nevada mountains to water~starved Los Angeles. Today, the aqueduct still provides 70 percent of the city's water supply. While Mulholland devoted himself to the dream of an abundant West, others exploited the aqueduct plan, reaping immense profits. Land speculators earned millions as the population of Los Angeles swelled, while ruined Owens Valley ranchers, facing disastrous water shortages, mounted a vicious war, dynamiting the aqueduct and imperiling the distant city's water supply. Mulholland built the St. Francis Dam 50 miles north of Los Angeles in an attempt to safeguard his beloved city's water supply by creating a holding reservoir. Now, he thought, the future of Los Angeles was secure. Then disaster struck. The St. Francis collapsed mysteriously at midnight, March 12, 1928, flooding the valley and leaving a staggering toll of at least 500 dead. Called before a coroner's inquest and threatened with charges of murder and professional negligence, Mulholland found himself deserted by the powerful figures who had promoted his career and abandoned by the citizenry who had honored and adored him. He spent the rest of his life in self~imposed obscurity, never learning the truth behind the failure of the dam. The story of the aqueduct~the heroism of its builders, the record~breaking feats of engineering, the political shenanigans of land speculators, and the impact it had on the lives of ordinary people~is more than a chronicle of a gifted engineer. It is the story of the birth and development of southern California, and of a man who was as unique a talent as any in American history.…

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condición: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.