Book Title: Enlightened Egomaniac: The Life, Times & Crime of Griffith Jenkins Griffith

Subtitle: Los Angeles' first philanthropist -- and would-be wife killer

Author: Miguel Llanos

Book Description: A poor lad from Wales makes his way to California where he lives the American Dream: wealth, marriage, family. He also becomes one of the country's first major philanthropists, donating the largest urban park in America. It carries his name -- Griffith Park -- yet few today know that Griffith Jenkins Griffith later shot his wife in the head and that, were it not for her, Los Angeles' premiere playground might never have been created.