绝望之下，城市开发者们开始在内华达山脉东边的欧文斯谷大肆抢购土地权和用水权。
Out of desperation, city engineers began buying up land and water rights in the Owens Valley, east of the Sierra Nevada.
加州的欧文斯谷处在大盆地的西部边缘。
Owens Valley in California lies on the western edge of the Great Basin.
实际上，这本书由一个叫华盛顿欧文的人写成，他只有26岁，是一名前律师。之后他又写了《沉睡谷传奇》。
Infact, the book had been written by a 26-year-old ex-lawyer namedWashington Irving, who would later pen THE LEGEND OF SLEEPYHOLLOW.
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