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Posted inLiterature

Western Lit: ‘Water to the Angels’ Tells the Tale of the Man Behind the Monumental Aqueduct

Few issues in the West are more controversial than water, and Les Standiford dives headfirst into the topic in his new nonfiction book, Water to the Angels, a dramatic account of the life of William Mulholland. Standiford traces Mulholland’s rise from being an Irish immigrant ditch-digger to being the mastermind behind the Los Angeles Aqueduct, […]

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