Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles

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 trag...