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Mirage Land : Images of Nevada by Wilbur S. Shepperson and Ann Harvey (1992, Hardcover)

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PublisherUniversity of Nevada Press

ISBN-100874171911

ISBN-139780874171914

eBay Product ID (ePID)102919318

Product Key Features

Book TitleMirage Land : Images of Nevada

Number of Pages216 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1992

TopicUnited States / West / Mountain (Az, Co, Id, Mt, NM, Nv, Ut, WY)

GenreTravel

AuthorWilbur S. Shepperson, Ann Harvey

Book SeriesWilbur S. Shepperson Series in History and Humanities

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight11.7 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6 in

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LCCN91-034066

Series Volume NumberVol. 32

SynopsisIn a century-old edition of a British newspaper, a quaint narrative entitled A visit to the Comstock was prefaced by the following poem: Paint me, Washoe, as you see it, Tinting with a truthful touch; Line it with a faithful pencil, Do not colour overmuch. Many writers through the decades have coloured overmuch in their descriptions of Nevada by using picturesque words and extreme language when discussing the paradoxical state. Idah Meacham Strobridge, often called Nevada's first woman of letters, pointed out that images of Nevada frequently suggest a mirage-land, a place where nothing is quite what it seems. Wilbur S. Shepperson's examination of such mirages -- imaginary, literary, historical, real -- is the subject of Mirage-land: images of Nevada.

LC Classification NumberF841.S54 1992