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1) Nevada lifestyles and lands

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Bureau of Governmental Research, University of Nevada

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1977

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English

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South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction - Nevada Shelf
333.1097 NEVADA 1977
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2) Measuring America: how an untamed wilderness shaped the United States and fulfilled the promise of democracy

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Linklater, Andro

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Walker & Co

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c2002

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973 LINKLA 2002
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Linklater's fascinating, provocative and eye-opening story of why America has ended up with its unique system of weights and measures, is explained in this volume that also shows how it has shaped the culture and country.

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3) This land: how cowboys, capitalism, and corruption are ruining the American West

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Ketcham, Christopher

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Viking

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[2019]

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English

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333.7309 KETCHA 2019
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"The public lands of the western United States comprise some 450 million acres of grassland, steppe land, canyons, forests, and mountains. It's an American commons, and it is under assault as never before. Journalist Christopher Ketcham has been documenting the confluence of commercial exploitation and governmental misconduct in this region for over a decade. His revelatory book takes the reader on a journey across these last wild places, to see how...

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