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Dinner and desert politics on the Hardin–Rickard feud
In a tense desert drama, Rickard replaces Hardin to save the Imperial Valley. He faces loyal engineers, wary Innes and Gerty, and a dangerous levee plan as the river, politics, and a Mexican labor force test loyalties and leadership.
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Rickard
Overland Pacific
Marshall
Tucson
Colorado River
Thomas Hardin
Desert Reclamation Company
Hardin
Eastern College
Gerty Holmes
Imperial Valley
Calexico
Innes Hardin
Estrada
Gerty
Tom
Bloodstone
Bodefeldt
Wooster
Grant
Wardin
Tom Hardin
Richard
Mr. Rickard
Jed Marshall
Bergless
Rick
Innes
Jasper Grigg
Missouri
Gert
Achilles
Mrs. Hardin
Los Angeles
Lawrence
New York
Chicago
Casey
Mess
France
Silent
No. 6
Irish
Volcano Lake
Black Butte
Mexicali
Mexico
Yuma
Gerry
Coulter's
D. R. Company
Desert Hotel
Colorado
O. P
Marshal
MacLean
Tacna
Patagonia
Wd Hamilin’s
Porter
Zacatecas
Brandon
Matt Hamlin
Maldonado
Cornel
Desert
Gila
Trapper
Squaw
Adobhe
Hamlin
Coronel
Ted Marshall
Junior