Authors: William T. Vollmann
Imperial
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - THE GARDENS OF PARADISE (1999)
Chapter 2 - DELINEATIONS (2000)
Chapter 3 - THE WATER OF LIFE (2001)
Chapter 4 - SUBDELINEATIONS: LOVESCAPES (2001)
Chapter 5 - THE WIDEMOUTHED PIPE (2002)
Chapter 6 - THEN AND NOW (1844-2002)
Chapter 7 - THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DITCH (1519-2005)
Chapter 8 - SIGN OF SLOW GROWTH SENDS STOCKS LOWER (2002)
Chapter 9 - WATER IS HERE (1849-2002)
Chapter 10 - PREFACE (2002-2003)
Chapter 11 - SUBDELINEATIONS: BOOKSCAPES (1850-2003)
Chapter 12 - THE GARDENS OF PARADISE (2007)
Chapter 13 - WHEN BREAD WAS LIGHT (1768-1848)
Chapter 14 - LOS ANGELES (1780)
Chapter 15 - LOS ANGELES (1781)
Chapter 18 - LOS ANGELES (1845)
Chapter 19 - WEST OF THE RIVER (1803)
Chapter 20 - DRAWING THE LINE (1803-1848)
Chapter 21 - RANCH SIZE (1800-1850)
Chapter 22 - MEXICO (1821-1911)
Chapter 23 - THE LINE ITSELF (1844-1911)
Chapter 24 - LOS ANGELES (1850)
Chapter 25 - LOST MINES (1849-2005)
Chapter 26 - WHITE EYELASHES (1853-1926)
Chapter 27 - COLONEL COUTS’S HOMESTEAD (1839-ca. 1915)
Chapter 28 - THE INDIANS DO ALL THE HARD WORK (1769-1906)
Chapter 29 - THE INLAND EMPIRE (1860-1882)
Chapter 30 - SUBDELINEATIONS: WATERSCAPES (1850-1900)
Chapter 31 - THEIR NEEDS ARE EASILY SATISFIED (1871-1906)
Chapter 32 - LOS ANGELES (1875)
Chapter 33 - THE SECOND LINE (1893)
Chapter 34 - THE DIRECT GAZE OF THE CONFIDENT MAN (1900)
Chapter 35 - ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE (2002)
Chapter 36 - IMPERIAL TOWNS (1877-1910)
Chapter 37 - THE BOOMERS (1880-1912)
Chapter 38 - CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 (2003)
Chapter 39 - LOS ANGELES (1900)
Chapter 40 - THE IMPERIAL IDEA (1901-2004)
Chapter 41 - WILBER CLARK’S HOMESTEAD (1901-2005)
Chapter 42 - MEXICALI (1904-1905)
Chapter 43 - THE SWEET YOUNG NIGHT (2002)
Chapter 44 - IMPERIAL’S CENTER (1904-1907)
Chapter 45 - THE THIRD LINE (1907)
Chapter 46 - SUBDELINEATIONS: PAINTSCAPES (1903-1970)
Chapter 47 - IMPERIAL REPRISE (1781-1920)
Chapter 48 - FUTURES (1883-2007)
Chapter 49 - HARRY CHANDLER’S HOMESTEAD (1898-1938)
Chapter 50 - PRACTICALLY SELF-SUPPORTING IN THREE YEARS (1865-2004)
Chapter 51 - THE EJIDOS (1903-2005)
Chapter 52 - IMPERIAL REPRISE (1901—2006)
Chapter 53 - WHAT I WISH I KNEW ABOUT MELOLAND (1907—1998)
Chapter 54 - SAN DIEGO (1769-1925)
Chapter 55 - IN MEMORIAM, IMPERIAL HAZEL DEED (1905-2002)
Chapter 56 - STOLID OF FACE AND LANGUID (1901-2003)
Chapter 57 - THE DAYS OF LUPE VÁSQUEZ (2003)
Chapter 58 - “LUPE IS LUCKIER” The Days of José López from Jalisco (2003)
Chapter 59 - IMPERIAL REPRISE (1905-2003)
Chapter 60 - THE LINE ITSELF (1895-1926)
Chapter 61 - THE FIRST COYOTE (1895-1926)
Chapter 62 - THE FIRST HOBO (1901)
Chapter 63 - TWENTY THOUSAND IN 1920 (1906-1922)
Chapter 64 - COACHELLA WAITS (1912-1917)
Chapter 65 - CITY OF IMPERIAL (1925)
Chapter 66 - THEIR NEEDS ARE EVEN MORE EASILY SATISFIED (1893-1927)
Chapter 67 - NEGROES AND MEXICANS FOR COTTON (1901-1930)
Chapter 68 - MEXICANS GETTING UGLY (1911-1926)
Chapter 69 - THE NEXT STEP (ca. 1925)
Chapter 72 - VOLSTEAD (1919-1933)
Chapter 73 - THE CHINESE TUNNELS (1849-2003)
Chapter 75 - THE INLAND EMPIRE (1925)
Chapter 76 - LOS ANGELES (1925)
Chapter 77 - TAMERLANE’S WARRIORS GALLOP INTO THE SQUARE (1924-2003)
Chapter 78 - SUBDELINEATIONS: WATERSCAPES (1901-1925)
Chapter 79 - THE MEXICAN USER IS A CUSTOMER, NOT AN OWNER (1904-1918)
Chapter 80 - MARKET PRICES (1925)
Chapter 82 - THE LONG DEATH OF ALBERT HENRY LARSON (1903-1926)
Chapter 83 - SUBDELINEATIONS: SCROLLSCAPES (1611-2004)
Chapter 84 - IMPERIAL REPRISE (1901-1929)
Chapter 85 - ALMOST AS EFFICIENTLY AS WASHING MACHINES (1891-1936)
Chapter 86 - SUBDELINEATIONS: LETTUCESCAPES (1922-1975)
Chapter 87 - THE NIGHTS OF LUPE VÁSQUEZ (2003)
Chapter 88 - IMPERIAL REPRISE (1891-2003)
Chapter 89 - CREDIT WILL BE RESTORED (1929-1939)
Chapter 90 - MARKET PRICES (1919-1931)
Chapter 91 - IN A STILL MORE ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION (1928-1942)
Chapter 92 - THERE IS EVEN EVIDENCE OF A SMALL FRUIT ORCHARD (1931-2005)
Chapter 93 - COACHELLA’S SHARE (1918-1948)
Chapter 94 - SUBDELINEATIONS: WATERSCAPES (1925-1950)
Chapter 95 - THE LINE ITSELF (1927-1950)
Chapter 96 - DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING I’D EVER KNOWN (1933-1950)
Chapter 97 - FARM SIZE (1910-1944)
Chapter 98 - THE LINE ITSELF: JAPANESE ADDENDUM (1941-1945)
Chapter 99 - BROAD AND SINISTER MOTIVES (1928-1946)
Chapter 100 - BUTTER CREAM BREAD (ca. 1936)
Chapter 101 - COACHELLA (1936-1950)
Chapter 102 - HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A FLAX FIELD IN BLOOM? (1940s)
Chapter 103 - THE DAYS OF CARMEN CARILLO AND SUSANA CAUDILLO (2003)
Chapter 104 - IMPERIAL REPRISE (1754-1940)
Chapter 105 - A DEFINITIVE INTERPRETATION OF THE BLYTHE INTAGLIOS (ca. 13,000 B.C.-2006)
Chapter 106 - THE ISLAND (2003-2006)
Chapter 107 - THE LARGEST IRRIGATED DISTRICT IN THE WORLD (1950)
Chapter 108 - THERE WAS ALWAYS FOOD ON THE TABLE (1950s)
Chapter 109 - COACHELLA (1950)
Chapter 110 - RIVERSIDE (1950)
Chapter 111 - MARKET PRICES (1950)
Chapter 112 - CROP REPORTS (1946-1957)
Chapter 113 - CANTALOUPE ANXIETIES (1958)
Chapter 114 - THE BRACEROS (1942-1965)
Chapter 115 - OPERATION WETBACK (1954-1955)
Chapter 117 - SUBDELINEATIONS: COTTONSCAPES (1796-2007)
Chapter 118 - SAN LUIS RÍO DE COLORADO (ca. 1968)
Chapter 119 - CERTIFIED SEED (1959)
Chapter 120 - SUBDELINEATIONS: OCEAN PARKSCAPES (1966-1993)
Chapter 121 - LOS ANGELES (1950)
Chapter 122 - SAN DIEGO (1920-1960)
Chapter 123 - TIJUANA (1966-2065)
Chapter 125 - HOLTVILLE (1905-1964)
Chapter 126 - WHAT A COLD STARRY NIGHT USED TO BE LIKE (1949-1989)
Chapter 127 - IMPERIAL REPRISE (ca. 1950-2066)
Chapter 128 - PROBABLY THE WEATHER (2002-2003)
Chapter 129 - FROM TEN GALS DOWN TO THREE (1914-2004)
Chapter 130 - YOU CAN’T PRODUCE THINGS THE WAY YOU USED TO (2003-2004)
Chapter 131 - THE AZTECS ARE BACK (2004)
Chapter 132 - THE LINE ITSELF (1950-2006)
Chapter 133 - FARM SIZE (1950-2006)
Chapter 134 - WE NOW WORRY ABOUT THE SALE OF THE FRUIT COCKTAIL IN EUROPE (1948-2003)
Chapter 135 - THE WATER FARMERS (1951-2003)
Chapter 136 - COACHELLA (1975)
Chapter 137 - THE IMPERIAL IDEA (1950-2000)
Chapter 138 - IT SEEMS LIKE THE MONEY IS BEING TAKEN BY SOMEBODY (2003)
Chapter 139 - CHÁVEZ’S GRAPES (1962-2006)
Chapter 140 - SUBDELINEATIONS: WATERSCAPES (1950-1975)