The Bear: Water & Oil

by John Kerr

Book Overview

The saga of the McGuire family continues. At the dawn of the 20th century disputes are no longer settled with a gun. They are handled in boardrooms with backroom deals. Under the close direction of the city's oligarchy William Mulholland builds his aqueduct which will allow Los Angeles to expand to unprecedented size. The San Francisco earthquake sends a whorehouse piano player, a newspaper reporter and a thief to Los Angeles. Each attempt to rebuild...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 153208627X
• ISBN13: 9781532086274
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

California Sunnyside Up

Kerr picks up the narrative of this stand-alone novel in his California series six years later. Mulholland's aqueduct, big oil, the birth of Hollywood and the rise of organized crime are all covered with detail and fast-paced action. This series would make a great mini-series for Amazon or Netflix.