Titre et auteur:

Nevada : a guide to the Silver state / compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the state of Nevada ; sponsored by Dr. Jeanne Elizabeth Wier, Nevada State Historical Society, Inc.

Publication:

Portland, Ore. : Binfords & Mort, publishers, [1940]
©1940

Description:

xviii, 315 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. + 1 folded map

Série(s):

American guide series

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.
"First published in 1940."
Folded map in pocket.
Supplementary reading list of Nevada books": pages 297-304.
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.

Sujet:

Nevada Guidebooks.
Nevada Guides.
Nevada
Nevada Tours.

Classification/genre:

Guidebook
travel guidebooks.
Guidebooks
Guides touristiques.

Vedettes secondaires:

Wier, Jeanne Elizabeth, sponsor.
Writers' Program (Nev.)
American guide series.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 5211
Cote: ID:87-B12352
Statut: Disponible