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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>Thirsty</i> is the history of Los Angeles and its fraught relationship with water. As a city on the make since the early twentieth century, Los Angeles' resources fought hard to keep up with its unchecked growth. The city's water chief William Mulholland built an aqueduct to grab water over 200 miles away in Owens Valley, but it wasn't enough. <i>Thirsty</i> is the gripping tale of Los Angeles' epic battles for water, the larger-than-life characters that shaped a city's destiny, and the man-made tragedy that killed 400 and forever changed the way water would be harnessed and allocated.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Finalist for the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Award</b> <p/>Marc Weingarten's new book, <i>Thirsty: William Mulholland, California Water, and the Real Chinatown</i>, neatly encapsulates the complex background of civic battles (the so-called "water wars") between L.A. and the Owens Valley that led up to that moment and which helped to create the sprawling megalopolis we live in now.<br>--<i>LA Weekly</i> <p/>...for media cognoscenti, the portions about [Harrison Gray] Otis, his soon-to-be-competitor Boyce and an enterprising delivery man named Harry Chandler will provide added enjoyment.<br>--<i>Adweek</i><br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Marc Weingarten</b> is the author of <i>Station to Station</i> and <i>The Gang that Wouldn't Write Straight</i>; the co-editor of the anthologies <i>Yes is the Answer</i> and <i>Here She Comes Now</i>, and producer of the films <i>God Bless Ozzy Osbourne</i> and <i>The Other One</i>. He lives in Malibu.

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