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The Camp That Didn't Fail
by Harry Reid
The desolate Mojave Desert in Nevada’s extreme southern tip is one of the least hospitable environments in the United States.... more

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The Seasons of Fire
Reflections on Fire in the West
by David J. Strohmaier
Fire is a fearsome constant in the America West. As the author David J. Strohmaier notes, "Whether we have tended a campfire along Oregon's Deschutes River in March, engaged the advancing front of a Great Basin wildfire in the torrid heat of August, or watched fire settle into the subdued, smoldering leaf piles of October, all of our lives, to one degree or another, are bracketed by fire.... more

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The Secret Life of John C. Van Dyke
Selected Letters
Edited, with an Introduction by David W. Teague, Peter Wild
The author of The Desert, the book that made the American landscape accessible to the mainstream mind, was much less like his fellow environmental prophets John Muir and Henry David Thoreau than he would have had us believe.... more

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Senator Alan Bible and the Politics of the New West
by Gary E. Elliott
Alan Bible served Nevada for 20 years in the U.S. Senate, from 1954 to 1974. A protege of Pat McCarran's, Bible believed that "all politics is local" and that the needs of his constituents superseded all other political or economic considerations.... more

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Senator Howard Cannon of Nevada
A Biography
by Michael Vernetti
Howard Cannon represented Nevada in the U.S. Senate from 1958 until 1982 and acquired a reputation as one of its most productive and influential members.... more

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The Sespe Wild
Southern California's Last Free River
by Bradley John Monsma
A hundred miles northwest of Los Angeles, Sespe Creek flows through some of the wildest territory in California.... more

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A Short History of Carson City
by Richard Moreno
Nevada’s capital city is today a charming, modern community, with an unusually eventful past. A Short History of Carson City traces its history from its origin as a mid-nineteenth-century trading post to its rise as the political center of Nevada.... more

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A Short History of Lake Tahoe
by Michael J. Makley
Lake Tahoe is one of the scenic wonders of the American West, a sapphire jewel that attracts millions of visitors each year.... more