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1) The historical Governor's mansion

Publisher

D. Guinn

Pub. Date

c2003

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

2) The unspiked rail: memoir of a Nevada rebel

Author

Zanjani, Sally Springmeyer

Series

Lancehead

Publisher

University of Nevada Press

Pub. Date

1981

Language

English

3) More than petticoats: remarkable Nevada women

Author

Cleere, Jan

Series

More than petticoats

Publisher

Globe Pequot Press

Pub. Date

[2005]

Language

English

4) George Wingfield: owner and operator of Nevada

Author

Raymond, C. Elizabeth

Series

Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities volume no. 34

Publisher

University of Nevada Press

Pub. Date

c1992

Language

English

Appears on list

Nevada Writers Hall of Fame & Silver Pen

5) Castle in the sky: George Whittell Jr. and the Thunderbird Lodge

Author

James, Ronald M

Publisher

Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society

Pub. Date

2002

Language

English

6) Yugoslavs in Nevada, 1859-1900: Croatians/Dalmatians, Montenegrins, Hercegovinians

Author

Eterovich, Adam S

Publisher

[R and E Research Associates]

Pub. Date

[1973]

Language

English

7) Jack Longstreet: last of the desert frontiersmen

Author

Zanjani, Sally Springmeyer

Series

Vintage West

Publisher

University of Nevada Press

Pub. Date

[1988]

Language

English

8) Son of a gambling man: my journey from a casino family to the governor's mansion

Author

Miller, Bob

Publisher

Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press

Pub. Date

Language

English

Description

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The former governor traces his upbringing in a Las Vegas under mob control, his father's rise to a businessman, his own pursuits in law and politics, and his son's achievements as Nevada's Secretary of State.

9) History of the bench and bar of Nevada

Publisher

Bench and Bar Publishing Company

Pub. Date

1913.

Language

English

10) Ten years in Nevada, or, Life on the Pacific coast

Author

Mathews, M. M

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Pub. Date

c1985

Language

English

Description

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Virginia City, Nevada, was "between bonanza and borrasca" when Mary McNair Mathews and her young son went there in 1869 to investigate the murder of her brother and sort out his affairs. The widow from Buffalo, New York, stayed in the West for almost ten years. Out of that time came these reminiscences of life in Nevada and California mining towns, including Virginia City, Gold Hill, Silver City, Sutro, You Bet, Nevada City, and Red Dog. These pages...

11) A gold miner's daughter: memoirs of a mountain childhood

Author

Hacker, Shyrle

Publisher

Johnson Books

Pub. Date

c1996

Language

English

12) "Ghost dance winter" and other tales of the frontier

Author

Zanjani, Sally Springmeyer

Publisher

Nevada Historical Society

Pub. Date

1994

Language

English

13) The historical Nevada magazine: outstanding historical features from the pages of Nevada magazine

Publisher

Nevada Magazine

Pub. Date

c1998

Language

English

14) The Miller decade: January 3, 1989-January 4, 1999

Publisher

Creel Printing Company

Pub. Date

[1999]

Language

English

15) Gentleman in the outdoors: a portrait of Max C. Fleischmann

Author

Wheeler, Sessions S

Publisher

University of Nevada Press

Pub. Date

1985.

Language

English

Appears on list

Nevada Writers Hall of Fame & Silver Pen

Description

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"Max Fleischmann is known for his wealth from the family yeast empire and his philanthropy. But more interesting is the accounts of his adventures starting with a 1906 expedition in an auxiliary sailing ship to within 600 miles of the North Pole, his safari into British East Africa in 1907, his rugged pack trip into the Cassiar Mountains of British Columbia in 1908 and his hunting trip to the Alaskan Islands in 1909. "-- Provided by Amazon.com.