The bestselling book about the Los Angeles River, originally published in 2001, is updated with an Afterword that includes the Los Angeles County 2021 Master Pl

Winner of the J. B. Jackson Prize from the Association of American Geographers Three centuries ago, the Los Angeles River meandered through marshes and forests

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.lum

For centuries, the Los Angeles River was unpredictable--prone to flooding, a raging torrent during rare Southern California rains, and just a trickle and marshl

This beautiful book features over 125 photographs taken by Los Angeles based photographer, Peter Bennett. His images span a twelve year period, one of the river