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Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles by Margaret Leslie Davis
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554710 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles
Author: Margaret Leslie Davis
Narrator: Paul Boehmer
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Release date: December 28, 2021
Genres: The Americas
Publisher's Summary:
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.
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By thebookvoice.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554710 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles
Author: Margaret Leslie Davis
Narrator: Paul Boehmer
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Release date: December 28, 2021
Genres: The Americas
Publisher's Summary:
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.