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Water to the Angels

William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles

Water to the Angels( )
Author: Standiford, Les
Read by: Fass, Robert
ISBN:978-0-06-237384-7
Publication Date:Mar 2015
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:HarperAudio
Book Format:Downloadable audio file
List Price:USD $24.99
Book Description:

The author of Last Train to Paradise tells the story of the largest public water project ever created--William Mulholland's Los Angeles aqueduct--a story of Gilded Age ambition, hubris, greed, and one determined man who's vision shaped the future and continues to impact us today.

In 1907, Irish immigrant William Mulholland conceived and built one of the greatest civil engineering feats in history: the aqueduct that carried water 223 miles from the Sierra Nevada mountains to...
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Author Biography
Standiford, Les (Author)
Les Standiford is the director of the creative writing program at Florida International University. He has lived in Miami since 1981.




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