Main Title |
Nevada : a guide to the Silver state / |
Other Authors |
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CORP Author |
Writers' program. Nevada. |
Publisher |
Binfords & Mort, publishers, |
Year Published |
1940 |
OCLC Number |
02571287 |
Subjects |
Nevada--Guidebooks
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Additional Subjects |
Nevada ;
Nevada--Description and travel--Tours
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ERAM |
F841.W77 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
01/01/1988 |
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Collation |
xviii, 315 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. + 1 folded map |
Notes |
"First published in 1940"--Title page verso. The plates are in eight groups each preceded by half-title not included in paging. Includes folded color map in pocket on inside back cover: State of Nevada, 1940. Supplementary reading list of Nevada books": pages 297-304. |
Contents Notes |
Part I. Nevada's background -- The silver state -- Natural setting -- Plant and animal life -- First Nevadans -- Wilderness to modern state -- Mining and mining jargon -- Ranching and stock growing -- Stock jargon -- Press, church, and school -- The arts -- Sports and recreation -- Part II. Touring the state. |