The Rain Wizard: The Amazing Mysterious True Life of Charles Mallory Hatfield

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In December 1915 San Diegos leaders claimed the towns reservoirs were nearly dry. Knowing the city would not survive and grow unless it had water they hired Charles Mallory Hatfield whose skills at making rain were legendary. But when torrents and torrents of rain came disaster struck. Roads were closed people drowned and dams burst. The town elders blamed Hatfield and refused to pay him. Was Hatfield really a rain wizard or simply a fraud? Renowned author Larry Dane Brimner examines the man and the myth by relying on personal recollections from growing up in California as well as extensive research. Readers will be captivated by Hatfielda man once known as the Frankenstein of the airand his secret rainmaking formulas. Includes authors note source notes and bibliography.