A Thirst in Babylon

by William Neil Martin

A THIRST IN BABYLON is a fact-based novel relating the events leading up to the St. Francis Dam disaster in 1928, near Los Angeles. It follows the life of William Mulholland, chief engineer of the Los Angeles Water Company, who spent most of his fifty years with the company searching for new sources of water to accommodate the needs of a rapidly growing population in a city that he had grown to love. Several of those years were spent in the construction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1958892793
• ISBN13: 9781958892794
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Booklocker.com
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"