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California Thirst: The California Water War of the 1920s

California Thirst: The California Water War of the 1920s - Paperback

by James R. Morris
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Availability:In StockContributor:James R. MorrisPublish date:9/16/2025Pages:446
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Inyo StoriesISBN-13:9798998532009UPC:9798998532009Book Category:FictionSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.131Product ID:SC4JPEGG0R
CALIFORNIA THIRSTCalifornia Thirst is historical fiction about the struggle for water between the Owens Valley and Los Angeles in the early 20th Century.

In the early part of the century, Los Angeles lacked sufficient water for its rapidly growing population. It began acquiring water rights in the Owens Valley, over 200 miles north of the city, and built an aqueduct to carry the water to the thirsty city. Then, in the 1920s, as the city took ever more water from the valley, local residents resisted with numerous attacks on the aqueduct. California Thirst tells the story from the perspective of the ranchers who fought to keep their water and their way of life.

Owens Valley ranchers, Alice and Fred, have water that Los Angeles wants. The LA water agent will go to any length to get it. When they refuse to sell their water, Alice is attacked, and their cattle are poisoned. Then, when the LA aqueduct carrying the water 200 miles to the city is dynamited, all eyes turn toward Fred. Did he fire the first shot in the years-long war between Owens Valley and Los Angeles during the 1920s?

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Inyo StoriesISBN-13:9798998532009UPC:9798998532009Book Category:FictionSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.131Product ID:SC4JPEGG0R
Morris, James R.: - Jim Morris was born and raised in the Owens Valley, with parents and grandparents I earned BS, MBA, and PhD degrees in finance from the University of California, Berkeley, and taught finance at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Houston, and the University of Colorado, Denver, where I retired as a Professor Emeritus. I live in Denver, but a part of me will always belong to the Owens Valley.Even though my academic training and career were in finance, I have an enduring interest in history, particularly the history of California. As a child, I listened to the stories of the people who experienced the events fictionally portrayed in this novel. I have enjoyed translating some of those accounts into what I hope is an interesting and fun-to-read story. I hope you, the reader, will forgive the liberties I have taken with reality to paint a picture of the conflict over water in the early 20th Century. ---- Jim Morris
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