How well it succeeded is the subject of Nevada - a history, Robert Laxalt's portrait of the state and its people, first published in 1977 and now reprinted with 16 new photographs.
Nevada : A History available on November 06 2014 from Amazon for 5.95
ISBN bar code 9780874171792 ξ1 registered June 01 2012
ISBN bar code 9780874171792 ξ3 registered November 06 2014
ISBN bar code 9780874171792 ξ2 registered April 21 2012
Product category is Book
Manufacturered by University of Nevada Press
Product weight is 0.51 lbs.
Sagebrush and neon, shepherds and gangsters, a crossroads and a refuge, Nevada is a state that didn't deserve to be. But it became one, and through a turbulent history it has searched for an identity to call its own. How well it succeeded is the subject of Nevada - a history, Robert Laxalt's portrait of the state and its people, first published in 1977 and now reprinted with 16 new photographs.
I picked this book up while I was in a museum in Reno. The author is the brother of the former U.S. Senator from Nevada, Paul Laxalt. I took a few tours while I was in Reno (along with some gambling)and when I later read this book, I knew what book my guides had read, prior to doing their job with the tourists. I doubt if any state's history can be made interesting, but Laxalt does a good job. Nevada is an interesting state compared to the rest of the nation, and the author relates why: precious metals,..
