{"product_id":"water-to-the-angels-9780062251428","title":"Water to the Angels","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of \u003cem\u003eLast Train to Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 Los Angeles—allowing this small, resource-challenged desert city to grow into a modern global metropolis. Drawing on new research, Les Standiford vividly captures the larger-then-life engineer and the breathtaking scope of his six-year, $23 million project that would transform a region, a state, and a nation at the dawn of its greatest century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith energy and colorful detail, \u003cem\u003eWater to the Angels\u003c\/em\u003e brings to life the personalities, politics, and power—in\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524005830999,"sku":"9780062251428","price":23.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780062251428.jpg?v=1731855146","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/water-to-the-angels-9780062251428","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}