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(0)Michael J Makley
Author
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"John Mackay offers new insight into the life and achievements of this remarkable man. It also sets Mackay into the broader context of his time, an era of robber barons and rampant corruption, rapidly advancing technology, national and international capitalism, and flagrant displays of newfound wealth." "John Mackay recounts the life and career of one of the most contradictory men of his age, a capitalist of immense wealth who generously helped those...
Author
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Language
English
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Description
On August 27, 2007, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier district court ruling that sport climbing on a Washoe Indian sacred site in western Nevada must cease. Cave Rock, a towering monolith jutting over the shore of Lake Tahoe, has been sacred to the Washoe people for over five thousand years. Long abused by road builders and vandals, it earned new fame in the late twentieth century as a world-class sport rock-climbing site.
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