The Black Rock Desert
(Book, Reference)
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Published
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2002].
Physical Desc
xiv, 77 pages : illustrations 18 cm.
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Location | Format | Call Number | Status |
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction - Local History Archive | Reference | 917.9354 FOX 2002 | RN LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVE Not For Loan |
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction - Nevada Shelf | Book | 917.9354 FOX 2002 | On Shelf |
Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction - Nevada Shelf | Book | 917.9354 FOX | On Shelf |
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LC Subjects
Black Rock Desert (Nev.) -- Description and travel.
Black Rock Desert (Nev.) -- History.
Black Rock Desert (Nev.) -- Pictorial works.
Fox, William L., -- 1949- -- Travel -- Nevada -- Black Rock Desert
Klett, Mark, -- 1952- -- Travel -- Nevada -- Black Rock Desert
Natural history -- Nevada -- Black Rock Desert.
Nevada -- Description and travel.
Black Rock Desert (Nev.) -- History.
Black Rock Desert (Nev.) -- Pictorial works.
Fox, William L., -- 1949- -- Travel -- Nevada -- Black Rock Desert
Klett, Mark, -- 1952- -- Travel -- Nevada -- Black Rock Desert
Natural history -- Nevada -- Black Rock Desert.
Nevada -- Description and travel.
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Published
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2002].
Format
Book, Reference
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [75]-77).
Description
"It is the only absolute desert in North America, a four-hundred-square-mile dry lake bed so desolate that nothing ever grows there. Vast and featureless, Nevada's Black Rock Desert defies visual measurement - much to the consternation of off-roaders who venture out onto this playa only to run out of gas before reaching the other side. It is the largest flat area on the continent, where the sound barrier was broken in a car. And it is a place of total silence - not even birds or insects live here - except when thousands of humans congregate for the Burning Man Festival on Labor Day weekend." "Writer and poet William Fox has demonstrated his familiarity with the Great Basin in such books as Mapping the Empty, just as Mark Klett has been documenting the landscape of the American West in his photographic studies. Now these artists turn their combined talents to an appreciation of this desolate corner of North America, where the only change in scenery comes with the shifting patterns of cracks in the earth after seasonal rains." "The Black Rock Desert is an introspective guide to a place so daunting that few dare to venture there alone. For anyone seeking to understand how and why we perceive these deserts the way we do, this book charts the rugged intersection of the American landscape and the human spirit."--BOOK JACKET
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Fox, W. L., & Klett, M. (2002). The Black Rock Desert . University of Arizona Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fox, William L., 1949- and Mark Klett. 2002. The Black Rock Desert. University of Arizona Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fox, William L., 1949- and Mark Klett. The Black Rock Desert University of Arizona Press, 2002.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Fox, William L., and Mark Klett. The Black Rock Desert University of Arizona Press, 2002.
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