Unfolding from the bygone era of 1950s Las Vegas through the turbulent decades that followed, this epic novel examines the universal search for identity and reward in a world where the good life always seems out of reach.... more

Nevada has always been different from other states. Almost from its beginning, Nevada sanctioned behaviors considered immoral elsewhere—... more

First published in 1946, Mammals of Nevada is a monumental work. Hall and a team of more than sixty scientists, graduate students, and staff members of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology in Kansas spent innumerable hours trapping, preparing, studying, and documenting thousands of specimens found within the state.... more

The Great Basin was the last region of continental North America to be explored and mapped, and it remained largely a mystery to Euro-Americans until well into the nineteenth century.... more