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Nevada Handbook
Fifth Edition
By Deke Castleman
Our Price: $18.95
Our Item Code: nvhand
(plus other variations below)
Postage Code: book1
473 Pages, Moon Publications
Related listings: Moon Travel Handbooks: Used Assortment
Date: 1998
ISBN: 1-56691-116-8
Added to Catalog: 2/11/97
(Revised 12/6/96)
WIRT: 444342x4
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Features: Table of Contents, Photos
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Credibility
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Research Value
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Cultural Interest
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Visual Information
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Style
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The best general guide to the state, with special focus on the
outback.
If you've seen other Moon publications, you know what to expect:
not just the practical tourist details but endless information
on everything, including flora and fauna, society and
culture, and plenty of history.
Indeed, history is all there is in Nevada once you leave Las Vegas....
As the emptiest of the lower 48 states, rural Nevada hasn't
changed much since the first miners came here to get rich quick.
The boom and bust cycle and
lack of other economic activity has kept towns like Pioche and
Tonopah pretty much as they were at the turn of the century,
and these and other remote towns are described in detail.
Honestly, Nevada isn't for everyone. The neighboring states are
far more scenic and more cluttered by things like trees, water,
cacti,
and sculptured rock formations.
Nevada is plum full of nuthin' -- and the history thereof,
which is mostly gambling, drinking, prostitution and
the one-time exploitation of natural resources.
If nuthin's what you're after,
and you really want to escape humanity,
then this is the best book to guide your
way. (Cover may differ from that shown above.)
-- Glenn Campbell
Comments
My only reservation about this book concerns the state itself...
Every cultured human needs to visit Las Vegas for a day --
if only to be fashionably appalled at the waste of electricity.
The rest of the state, however, is so daunting in its emptiness
that it may not be the best place to spend a limited vacation.
Once you realize how desolate a highway can be,
you don't have to travel them all to get the point.
In my mind, California and New Mexico are far more interesting
and are a better bargain for your time and money.
See our California-Las
Vegas Loop Tour for a suggested itinerary beginning
and ending in Las Vegas while skipping the rest of Nevada.
On other hand, sometimes simplicity and
and freedom from distraction are just
what you're hankering for, and Nevada's sure got 'em.
Just remember that most of the state is very cold in the
winter, so summer is the time to come.
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[Continued from above.]
As the emptiest of the lower 48 states, rural Nevada hasn't
changed much since the first miners came here to get rich quick.
The boom and bust cycle and
lack of other economic activity has kept towns like Pioche and
Tonopah pretty much as they were at the turn of the century,
and these and other remote towns are described in detail.
Honestly, Nevada isn't for everyone. The neighboring states are
far more scenic and more cluttered by things like trees, water,
cacti,
and sculptured rock formations.
Nevada is plum full of nuthin' -- and the history thereof,
which is mostly gambling, drinking, prostitution and
the one-time exploitation of natural resources.
If nuthin's what you're after,
and you really want to escape humanity,
then this is the best book to guide your
way.
(Fourth Edition.)
Promotional Material from the Publisher
"Veteran travel writer Deke Castleman says he covered more than 10,000 miles in
his research for this book, and it shows . . . useful maps, photos, and tips about
where to go and what to do."
--Nevada Magazine
Comprehensive in scope, yet easy to use, Nevada Handbook provides a wealth of
indispensable information on the "Silver State," covering subjects such as history,
culture, politics, environmental issues, geology, flora, fauna, and recreation. As is
true with all Moon Travel Handbooks, practicalities are an important feature of
Nevada Handbook. Castleman includes helpful insider's tips on subjects as varied as
where to find an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet for just $3.97, the sanest approach to
gambling, the Reno Balloon Races and Elko's Annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering
(the largest of its kind) as well as safety precautions to take in desert country--all the
while weaving them together with witty anecdotes and practical details.
Includes 40 maps
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