Western Times and Water Wars chronicles more than a hundred years of tumultuous events in the history of California's Owens Valley. From the pioneer conquest of the native inhabitants to the infamous destruction of the valley's agrarian economy by water-hungry Los Angeles, this legendary setting is a microcosm of the development of the American West.
- ISBN10 0520914538
- ISBN13 9780520914537
- Publish Date 23 October 1991
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint University of California Press
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 360
- Language English