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The maverick spirit : building the new Nevada /
This collection of biographical essays by several leading Nevada scholars focuses on fourteen individuals whose careers afford unique perspectives to help us understand and appreciate the growth of postwar Nevada. The leaders discussed come from remarkably diverse backgrounds, and their contribution...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Reno, Nev. :
University of Nevada Press,
©1999.
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| Colección: | Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities (Unnumbered)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Sagebrush and cities : the emergence of the new Nevada / Richard O. Davies
- Maude Frazier : pioneering educator and lawmaker / James W. Hulse
- Moe Dalitz : controversial founding father of modern Las Vegas / Alan Balboni
- James B. McMillan : the pursuit of equality / Gary E. Elliott
- William F. Harrah : Nevada gaming mogul / William A. Douglass
- Hank Greenspun : where he stood / Michael S. Green
- Alan Bible : the politics of stewardship / Patricia Andrew
- Robert Laxalt : creating culture in the desert / Cheryll Glotfelty
- Grant Sawyer : a liberal governor for a conservative state / Jerome E. Edwards
- Molly Flagg Knudtsen : rancher, environmentalist, educator / Don D. Fowler
- Paul Laxalt : man of political independence / Richard L. Spees
- Steve Wynn : "I got the message" / William N. Thompson
- William Raggio : personality, power and politics / Robert E. Dickens
- Sue Wagner : triumph over tragedy / Patricia Ferraro Klos
- Jerry Tarkanian : Nevada's special rebel / Richard O. Davies.